Metástases de coróide do carcinoma de mama / Choroidal metastasis from breast carcinoma
Rev. bras. mastologia
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12(1): 25-30, jan.-mar. 2002. tab
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RESUMO
Acredita-se que metástases intra-oculares de carcinomas de mamas ocorrem com freqüência maior do que são clinicamente diagnosticadas. Pacientes e métodos: estudo clínico prospectivo de 112 casos consecutivos com diagnósticos de carcinoma de mama, em diferentes estádios clínicos. As pacientes foram submetidas a exame de mapeamento de retina, com oftalmoscopia binocular indireta sob midríase. Resultados: das 112 pacientes (224 olhos) portadoras de carcinoma de mama incluídas neste estudo, quatro (2,7%) apresentaram metástase de coróide e nove (5,8%) apresentaram retinopatia por tamoxifeno. Conclusões: os resultados deste estudo sugerem que o exame oftalmológico com mapeamento de retina deve ser realizado em pacientes tratados por carcinoma de mama em uso ou não de tamoxifeno.
ABSTRACT
It is believed that metastatic lesions to the eyes in breast cancer occur more frenquently than are clinically recognized. Methods: prospective study of 112 breast carcinoma patients with different stages of the disease. The patients underwent an ophthalmologic evaluation with indirect binocular opthalmoscopy under mydriasis. Results: among 112 breast carcinoma patients (224 eyes) included in this study, four patients (2,7%) presented choroidal metastasis and nine patients (5,8%) presented tamoxifen retinopathy. Conclusions: the results of this study suggest that ophthalmological examination with retinal evaluation should be performed in breast carcinoma patients in use or not of tamoxifen.
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Main subject:
Tamoxifen
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Visual Acuity
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Choroid Neoplasms
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Incidence
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Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
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Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. bras. mastologia
Journal subject:
Gynecology
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Neoplasms
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR
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