RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case
Neoplasms of retinal pigment epithelium are rare and must be differentiated from choroidal melanoma. The possibility of a metastatic disease with possible primary sites as lung, breast, or kidney should be ruled out. Herein we report a case of adenocarcinoma arising from the RPE with a lung lesion s...
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| author | Namrata Adulkar Santhi Radhakrishnan N. Vidhya Usha Kim |
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| description | Neoplasms of retinal pigment epithelium are rare and must be differentiated from choroidal melanoma. The possibility of a metastatic disease with possible primary sites as lung, breast, or kidney should be ruled out. Herein we report a case of adenocarcinoma arising from the RPE with a lung lesion suspicious of bronchogenic carcinoma. In this paper, ocular symptoms were the first sign of a systemic malignancy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ba919ee5e1e47b79176c9263e4abd132025-02-03T05:59:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302013-01-01201310.1155/2013/786378786378RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a CaseNamrata Adulkar0Santhi Radhakrishnan1N. Vidhya2Usha Kim3Department of Orbit, Oculoplasty & Ocular Oncology, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 652020, IndiaDepartment of Ocular Pathology, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute, Madurai,Tamil Nadu 652020, IndiaDepartment of Orbit, Oculoplasty & Ocular Oncology, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 652020, IndiaDepartment of Orbit, Oculoplasty & Ocular Oncology, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 652020, IndiaNeoplasms of retinal pigment epithelium are rare and must be differentiated from choroidal melanoma. The possibility of a metastatic disease with possible primary sites as lung, breast, or kidney should be ruled out. Herein we report a case of adenocarcinoma arising from the RPE with a lung lesion suspicious of bronchogenic carcinoma. In this paper, ocular symptoms were the first sign of a systemic malignancy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/786378 |
| spellingShingle | Namrata Adulkar Santhi Radhakrishnan N. Vidhya Usha Kim RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine |
| title | RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case |
| title_full | RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case |
| title_fullStr | RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case |
| title_full_unstemmed | RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case |
| title_short | RPE Adenocarcinoma as the Presenting Sign of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Diagnostic Dilemma in the Management of a Case |
| title_sort | rpe adenocarcinoma as the presenting sign of bronchogenic carcinoma diagnostic dilemma in the management of a case |
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