title: Bilateral choroidal metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Breast and lung cancers are the most common primary neoplasms to manifest with choroidal metastases. The incidence of choroidal metastases from metastatic lung cancer was reported to be 2-6.7%. We report a case of bilateral choroidal metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer. A 59-year-old Caucasian female patient, never a smoker, was diagnosed with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma metastatic to the pleura, bones, and the brain. Her initial scan of the chest showed innumerable soft tissue nodules and mediastinal adenopathy compatible with metastatic disease. Her initial brain MRI showed numerous small enhancing lesions consistent with extensive disease. Unfortunately, during her follow-up visits, she presented with bulge on her left eye. Simultaneously, her follow-up chest scan showed increase in the size of the lung nodules. She continued to have a reasonable performance status at that time, except for mild increase in her dyspnea. The choroidal metastases require a multidisciplinary care and should be among the differential patients with malignancy who present with ocular symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH 45069, USA.
authors.forename: Tariq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namad
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH 45069, USA.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH 45069, USA.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tilton
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH 45069, USA.
authors.forename: Nagla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abdel Karim