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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2018; 39(03): 395-397
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_58_17
Case Report

Carcinoma Buccal Mucosa Presenting as Ocular Metastasis to the Choroid

Poddar Jyoti
Department of Radiotherapy, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
Sharma Ashutosh
Department of Radiotherapy, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
J Mehta Maitrik
Department of Radiotherapy, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
Kunikullaya Suryanarayana Ubrangala
Department of Radiotherapy, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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Abstract

Metastasis to eyes from a head and neck carcinoma is a rare event. A 62-year-old male presented with carcinoma of the left buccal mucosa. The patient was operated and was pathological stage pT2N0Mx. The patient was advised adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy (60Gray/30#). During the treatment, he presented with progressive diminution of vision in the left eye. He was investigated and was found to have choroidal secondaries in the left eye involving 80% of the globe. On positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan, no metastatic lesion was found elsewhere in the body. Ocular metastasis in a case of T2NOMx without pulmonary metastasis is a rare event.

Keywords

Carcinoma buccal mucosa - choroidal metastasis - distant metastasis - secondaries in eyes


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Article published online:
17 June 2021

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