Medullary thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to iridocorneal angle, a case report / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

ABSTRACT

AIM:To report a rare case of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) with iridocorneal angle metastasis.METHODS:A 28-year-old woman,a known case of sporadic MTC was referred to our hospital due to left eye mass involving iridiocorneal angle.Several months' later retinal evaluation revealed retinal involvement with some patches.RESULTS:After palliative laser photocoagulation ablation of the choroidal and angle lesions no signs of recurrence or any new lesion was detected.CONCLUSION:As we know this is the first report of MTC with iridocorneal angle metastasis in the literature.