Orbital amyloidosis masquerading as metastatic breast carcinoma.
One of the most common causes of enophthalmos is previous orbital fracture. In a patient with a known history of breast carcinoma, enophthalmos is concerning for metastatic disease. This report presents a patient with a history of scirrhous breast carcinoma and enophthalmos who was found to have orbital amyloidosis. This is the first report of enophthalmos as the presenting sign of orbital amyloidosis.
*Skull Base Division, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and †Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.
Ann P
AP
Murchison
Jurij R
JR
Bilyk
Peter J
PJ
Savino
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis; D015841:Enophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed