Massive orbital metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma
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Letter to the Editor Massive Orbital Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Compared to other organs, the eyes are relatively infrequent sites of metastasis. In a landmark case series, Ferry and Font described 227 cases of carcinoma metastatic to the eyes. Among these cases, only 28 (12%) were orbital metastases, most frequently from tumors of the breast, lung, and genitourinary tract; in this series, the diagnosis of orbital metastasis preceded the diagnosis of the pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1807-5932
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322006000400015