Ocular metastasis of choriocarcinoma

Br J Radiol. 1999 Dec;72(864):1216-7. doi: 10.1259/bjr.72.864.10703482.

Abstract

Metastatic tumours of the eye commonly occur from primaries of the breast or lung. The prognosis is poor and the mean life expectancy is 6.5 months from diagnosis. Although metastatic tumours of the eye are not a rarity, ocular metastasis from choriocarcinoma has not been reported previously. We report a case of gestational choriocarcinoma with ocular metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Choriocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Choriocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Eye Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Pregnancy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*