breast carcinoma metastasis to uveal

Authors

ژاله رجوی

jale rajavi center of ophthalmology, imam hossein, tehran, iranتهران، بخش چشم پزشکی ، آموزشی درمانی امام حسین (ع) هاشم معزی قدیم

hashem moezi ghadim

abstract

purpose: to report a uveal metastasis from infiltrative ductal carcinoma of breast. case report: a 45 year old woman with 9 year history of left breast ductal carcinoma and axillary lymph nodes involvement has found soft tissue are right eye uveal metastasis after 5 and 9 years respectively. conclusion: every patient with breast carcinoma should have complete eye examination at least every 6 months to find metastasis at early stages because visual loss could be prevented with suitable treatment.

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