ABSTRACT
CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 70-year-old patient with serpiginous choroiditis and uterine cervix carcinoma. DISCUSSION: The etiology of serpiginous choroiditis is unknown, but similar lesions have been described in association with systemic lupus erythematosus, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, herpes virus infection, autoimmune hepatitis and lung carcinoma.
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/complications , Choroiditis/etiology , Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular/etiology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/complications , Aged , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Atrophy , Autoimmune Diseases/complications , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/diagnosis , Choroiditis/diagnosis , Choroiditis/drug therapy , Choroiditis/pathology , Fatal Outcome , Female , Fluorescein Angiography , Fundus Oculi , Humans , Metrorrhagia/etiology , Multiple Organ Failure/etiology , Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular/diagnosis , Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular/drug therapy , Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular/pathology , Prednisone/therapeutic use , Retinal Pigment Epithelium/pathology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosisABSTRACT
Caso clínico: Se presenta el caso clínico de una paciente de 70 años con coroiditis serpiginosa y carcinoma de cérvix uterino. Discusión: La etiología de la coroiditis serpiginosa es desconocida pero lesiones similares han sido descritas en asociación con lupus eritematoso sistémico, linfoma no Hodgkin, enfermedad de Crohn, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, infección por virus del herpes, hepatitis autoinmune y carcinoma pulmonar(AU)
Case report: We report the case of a 70-year-old patient with serpiginous choroiditis and uterine cervix carcinoma. Discussion: The etiology of serpiginous choroiditis is unknown, but similar lesions have been described in association with systemic lupus erythematosus, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, herpes virus infection, autoimmune hepatitis and lung carcinoma(AU)
