title: Sudden loss of vision due to breast cancer metastasis to the eyeball.
abstract: Intraocular choroidal metastasis is a very rare cause of blindness. Carcinoma of breast is the most common primary malignancy the accounts for choroidal metastasis in females. Other primary neoplasms which can uncommonly metastasize to the choroid are gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, pancreas, prostate and testis. Metastatic neoplasm to the eye outnumbers the primary tumors such as retinoblastoma and malignant melanoma. We present a case of sudden loss of vision due to breast cancer metastasis to the eyeball. The interval between the diagnosis of the primary tumor and the choroidal metastasis was 4 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Megrez Sp. z o.o. Regional Specialist Hospital, Tychy, Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Antosz
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walocha
authors.affiliation: Department and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poręba
authors.affiliation: Department and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sioma-Markowska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology