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A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers
The purpose of this report is to present the findings in a case of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva which was the initial sign of systemic cancers. A 94-year-old woman without known systemic diseases developed a mass in her right conjunctiva. She was referred to our hospital 5 months...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/972318 |
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author | Mitamura, Hayato Oshitari, Toshiyuki Kimoto, Ryuta Yotsukura, Jiro Asanagi, Kaoru Baba, Takayuki Takahashi, Yoko Kishimoto, Takashi Yamamoto, Shuichi |
author_facet | Mitamura, Hayato Oshitari, Toshiyuki Kimoto, Ryuta Yotsukura, Jiro Asanagi, Kaoru Baba, Takayuki Takahashi, Yoko Kishimoto, Takashi Yamamoto, Shuichi |
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description | The purpose of this report is to present the findings in a case of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva which was the initial sign of systemic cancers. A 94-year-old woman without known systemic diseases developed a mass in her right conjunctiva. She was referred to our hospital 5 months after the onset. She was diagnosed with conjunctival SCC by biopsy. Systemic CT before the surgery revealed multiple liver lesions, lung legions, and a large mass surrounding the appendix. The patient requested the surgery, and the main aim of the surgery was cosmesis. Histopathological examinations of the specimen led us to the final diagnosis as SCC. She did not receive any other therapy because of her age. As no other surgical procedures were undertaken, it is uncertain as to whether the conjunctival lesion was primary or secondary. Although, it is extremely rare that SCC of the conjunctiva is the initial sign of systemic cancers, careful systemic examinations to find other cancers should be made. |
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spelling | pubmed-33500332012-05-17 A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers Mitamura, Hayato Oshitari, Toshiyuki Kimoto, Ryuta Yotsukura, Jiro Asanagi, Kaoru Baba, Takayuki Takahashi, Yoko Kishimoto, Takashi Yamamoto, Shuichi Case Rep Ophthalmol Med Case Report The purpose of this report is to present the findings in a case of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the conjunctiva which was the initial sign of systemic cancers. A 94-year-old woman without known systemic diseases developed a mass in her right conjunctiva. She was referred to our hospital 5 months after the onset. She was diagnosed with conjunctival SCC by biopsy. Systemic CT before the surgery revealed multiple liver lesions, lung legions, and a large mass surrounding the appendix. The patient requested the surgery, and the main aim of the surgery was cosmesis. Histopathological examinations of the specimen led us to the final diagnosis as SCC. She did not receive any other therapy because of her age. As no other surgical procedures were undertaken, it is uncertain as to whether the conjunctival lesion was primary or secondary. Although, it is extremely rare that SCC of the conjunctiva is the initial sign of systemic cancers, careful systemic examinations to find other cancers should be made. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3350033/ /pubmed/22606484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/972318 Text en Copyright © 2011 Hayato Mitamura et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mitamura, Hayato Oshitari, Toshiyuki Kimoto, Ryuta Yotsukura, Jiro Asanagi, Kaoru Baba, Takayuki Takahashi, Yoko Kishimoto, Takashi Yamamoto, Shuichi A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers |
title | A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers |
title_full | A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers |
title_fullStr | A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers |
title_short | A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva as Initial Sign of Systemic Cancers |
title_sort | case of squamous cell carcinoma of conjunctiva as initial sign of systemic cancers |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/972318 |
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