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Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma

Blepharoptosis is the drooping or inferior displacement of the upper eyelid. Blepharoptosis can be either congenital or acquired. Tumour metastasis is one of the acquired causes of blepharoptosis. The lungs, locoregional lymph nodes, bone and liver are the usual sites of metastases of renal cell car...

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Autores principales: Greco, Federico, Sabatino, Lorenzo, Sabatino, Francesco, Casale, Manuele, Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo, Zobel, Bruno Beomonte
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Codon Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326282
http://dx.doi.org/10.15586/jkcvhl.2016.61
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author Greco, Federico
Sabatino, Lorenzo
Sabatino, Francesco
Casale, Manuele
Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo
Zobel, Bruno Beomonte
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Sabatino, Lorenzo
Sabatino, Francesco
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Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo
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description Blepharoptosis is the drooping or inferior displacement of the upper eyelid. Blepharoptosis can be either congenital or acquired. Tumour metastasis is one of the acquired causes of blepharoptosis. The lungs, locoregional lymph nodes, bone and liver are the usual sites of metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, unusual locations of RCC have also been reported. Herein, we describe a case of a 47-year-old man with unilateral ptosis and blurred vision due to metastatic RCC. We describe the different causes of blepharopstosis, the path that led to the diagnosis, and how RCC can metastasize to unusual anatomical regions such as the orbit. Symptoms such as exophthalmos, lid edema, diplopia, ptosis, cranial nerve paralysis or blurred vision may mime a benign disease; however, they could also be the symptoms of a systemic malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-53455092017-03-21 Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma Greco, Federico Sabatino, Lorenzo Sabatino, Francesco Casale, Manuele Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo Zobel, Bruno Beomonte J Kidney Cancer VHL Case Report Blepharoptosis is the drooping or inferior displacement of the upper eyelid. Blepharoptosis can be either congenital or acquired. Tumour metastasis is one of the acquired causes of blepharoptosis. The lungs, locoregional lymph nodes, bone and liver are the usual sites of metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, unusual locations of RCC have also been reported. Herein, we describe a case of a 47-year-old man with unilateral ptosis and blurred vision due to metastatic RCC. We describe the different causes of blepharopstosis, the path that led to the diagnosis, and how RCC can metastasize to unusual anatomical regions such as the orbit. Symptoms such as exophthalmos, lid edema, diplopia, ptosis, cranial nerve paralysis or blurred vision may mime a benign disease; however, they could also be the symptoms of a systemic malignancy. Codon Publications 2016-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5345509/ /pubmed/28326282 http://dx.doi.org/10.15586/jkcvhl.2016.61 Text en Copyright © 2016 Codon Publications License: This open access article is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Sabatino, Lorenzo
Sabatino, Francesco
Casale, Manuele
Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo
Zobel, Bruno Beomonte
Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
title Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
title_full Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
title_fullStr Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
title_short Unilateral Blepharoptosis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326282
http://dx.doi.org/10.15586/jkcvhl.2016.61
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