Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature

• Metastatic disease should be considered in cervical cancer patients presenting with eye pain and vision complaints. • Distant metastasis involving less common organ sites, such as the eye, suggest a poor prognosis with short life expectancy. • In cases of cervical cancer metastatic to the eye, rad...

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Autores principales: Uhrinak, Abby N., Tierney, Katherine E., Duncun, Kara L., Matsuo, Koji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.03.003
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author Uhrinak, Abby N.
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description • Metastatic disease should be considered in cervical cancer patients presenting with eye pain and vision complaints. • Distant metastasis involving less common organ sites, such as the eye, suggest a poor prognosis with short life expectancy. • In cases of cervical cancer metastatic to the eye, radiotherapy may decrease the incidence of retinal detachment and vision loss.
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spelling pubmed-44426502015-06-05 Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature Uhrinak, Abby N. Tierney, Katherine E. Duncun, Kara L. Matsuo, Koji Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Metastatic disease should be considered in cervical cancer patients presenting with eye pain and vision complaints. • Distant metastasis involving less common organ sites, such as the eye, suggest a poor prognosis with short life expectancy. • In cases of cervical cancer metastatic to the eye, radiotherapy may decrease the incidence of retinal detachment and vision loss. Elsevier 2015-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4442650/ /pubmed/26076161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.03.003 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature
title Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature
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title_full_unstemmed Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Intraocular metastasis from primary cervical cancer: A case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.03.003
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