Exophthalmos as a First Manifestation of Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Long-Term Follow-Up

Small cell lung cancer is characterized by rapid growth and early metastasis. Despite its sensitivity to cytotoxic therapy, until now treatments have failed to control or cure this disease in most patients. Orbital metastases are a rare manifestation of systemic malignancies. Breast and lung cancers...

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Autores principales: Konoglou, M., Zarogoulidis, P., Porpodis, K., Androudi, S., Papakosta, D., Matthaios, D., Kontakiotis, T., Zervas, V., Kalaitzidou, E., Mitrakas, A., Touzopoulos, P., Zarogoulidis, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: December, 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22220160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000334784
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Sumario:Small cell lung cancer is characterized by rapid growth and early metastasis. Despite its sensitivity to cytotoxic therapy, until now treatments have failed to control or cure this disease in most patients. Orbital metastases are a rare manifestation of systemic malignancies. Breast and lung cancers represent more than two thirds of the primary cancer sites. Metastases to the eye and orbit develop in approximately 0.7–12% of patients with lung cancer. Here, we report a rare case of exophthalmos as the first manifestation of a metastatic carcinoma due to small cell lung cancer, and a 6-months follow-up with complete exophthalmic response to chemotherapy.

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