title: Ciliary body metastasis in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma--incidental detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Ciliary body metastasis in a case of lung cancer is very rare. Intraocular metastasis by any cancer most commonly involves choroid followed by iris and ciliary body. We present a case of a 71-year-old male with non-small cell lung cancer who was found to have an 18F-FDG avid right lung mass. Incidentally a focus of abnormal increased 18F-FDG uptake was noted in the region of ciliary body in the right eyeball. The findings were confirmed to be a metastatic lesion in ciliary body on Ultrasonography and MRI. Our case depicts this extremely rare occurrence corroborated by various modalities.
authors.forename: Sellam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karunanithi
authors.forename: Partha Sarathi
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Varun Singh
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Dhull
authors.forename: Jeyaseelan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nadarajah
authors.forename: Nitesh R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Salunkhe
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. rkphulia@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D002924:Ciliary Body; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18