Blurred vision due to choroidal metastasis as the first manifestation of lung cancer: A case report

BACKGROUND: Reduction in visual acuity combined with blurred vision is rarely the first sign of lung cancer and very few cases have been announced globally. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of a 46-year-old man who admitted with blurred vision is presented. His medical history, apart from a mild gastritis...

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Autores principales: Asteriou, Christos, Konstantinou, Dimitrios, Kleontas, Athanassios, Paliouras, Dimitrios, Samanidis, Georgios, Papadopoulou, Fani, Barbetakis, Nikolaos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20064203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-8-2
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Reduction in visual acuity combined with blurred vision is rarely the first sign of lung cancer and very few cases have been announced globally. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of a 46-year-old man who admitted with blurred vision is presented. His medical history, apart from a mild gastritis under treatment was negative. Ocular examination revealed a decrease in visual acuity due to a choroidal tumor. Further image body scans demonstrated a right lung lesion with dissemination to other organs. Diagnosis of a non-small cell lung cancer established after a VATS biopsy carried out. CONCLUSION: Blurred vision due to choroidal metastasis as the primary symptom of lung cancer is very uncommon. A great index of suspicion is essential when a choroidal lesion appears.

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