title: Bilateral orbital metastases from breast cancer: a case report of successful palliation using stereotactic radiotherapy.
abstract: Of ophthalmic involvement from metastatic breast cancer, extraocular/intraorbital metastases are extremely rare. External beam radiotherapy has been a mainstay palliation for symptomatic orbital metastases. We present a case of bilateral orbital metastases from breast cancer successfully treated with stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT). A 38-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the right eye for 3 weeks. Eight months previously, she underwent whole-brain radiotherapy for multiple brain metastases from breast cancer. Visual acuity was hand motion, and the eyelid closed incompletely in the affected eye. Computed tomography scans showed a 3-cm extraconal mass in the right orbit. She underwent temporary tarsorrhaphy followed by SRT. A total dose of 39 Gy was delivered to the right orbital mass in three daily fractions. Four months later, her visual function was normal in both eyes and the right orbital mass disappeared. A new lesion was detected in the left orbit. She underwent SRT for the left orbital lesion using the same dose-fractionation schedule. No radiation-related toxicities were observed. She died 19 months after the first SRT. Our case suggests that SRT may be an effective and safe treatment option in patients with orbital metastases from breast cancer.
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan, Korea.
authors: Jin Ho
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Sang Yul
authors: SY
authors: Choi
authors: Chul Koo
authors: CK
authors: Cho
authors: Kwang Mo
authors: KM
authors: Yang
authors: Woo Chul
authors: WC
authors: Noh
authors: Mi-Sook
authors: MS
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D016634:Radiosurgery