title: Carcinoma lung presenting with choroidal metastasis as initial presentation: a rarity.
abstract: Diminished vision due to choroidal metastasis as the primary symptom of lung cancer is very uncommon. Here, we report such a presentation in a 54-year-old male patient of small cell lung cancer. The outcome is usually dismal with this kind of presentation. The patient received systemic chemotherapy as well as intravitreal bevacizumab but with no improvement in vision. The patient had been given external beam radiotherapy and showed subjective improvement in his ocular symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Oncology, Ophthalmology, and Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Tapesh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahl
authors.forename: Budhi Singh
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Kusum
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography