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Int Semin Surg Oncol
; 6: 3, 2009 Jan 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19154601
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Choroidal metastases from gynaecological primary are extremely rare. There is no documented case in the literature of choroid metastasis in a patient with primary peritoneal carcinoma (PPC). METHODS & RESULTS: We describe the first case of a 54-year-old woman with a history of borderline mucinous tumour who presented 17 months later with PPC and 21 months after with recurrent disease metastatic to the eye, and review pertinent literature. CONCLUSION: High index of suspicion is warranted when patients with history of primary peritoneal carcinoma present with visual complaints in order to treat and/or relieve symptomatology from metastatic eye disease.