South African Medical Journal (Aug 2017)

Ocular metastasis as initial presentation in breast cancer

  • Madelein Maliepaard,
  • Michael Mesham,
  • Zoran Aleksic,
  • Raoul Scholtz,
  • Jennifer Edge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i8.12352
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 107, no. 8
p. 694

Abstract

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Two patients presented to their ophthalmologists with vision disturbances. On ocular examination, retinopathic lesions were observed. On subsequent examination, these lesions were diagnosed as metastases of breast cancer. Neither patient had a history of breast cancer. In patients with breast cancer and multiple metastases, ocular metastases are well described. However, the latter is uncommon as a presenting complaint.

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