Orbital metastasis as the first sign of "Dormant" breast cancer dissemination 25 years after mastectomy

Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2008 Sep-Oct;52(5):423-425. doi: 10.1007/s10384-008-0555-5. Epub 2008 Nov 11.

Authors

Dario Surace¹, Irene Piscioli², Luca Morelli³, Francesco Valduga⁴, Stefano Licci⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, "S. Maria del Carmine" Hospital, Rovereto (TN), Italy.
² Department of Radiology, Civil Hospital of Budrio (BO), Budrio, Italy.
³ Department of Pathology, S. Maria del Carmine Hospital, Rovereto (TN), Italy. [email protected].
⁴ Department of Oncology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pathology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases-L. Spallanzani IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 18991053
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-008-0555-5

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Blepharoptosis / diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Breast Neoplasms / surgery
Carcinoma, Lobular / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Lobular / secondary*
Diplopia / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mastectomy
Ocular Motility Disorders / diagnosis
Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis
Orbital Neoplasms / secondary*
Time Factors