Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the cervix presenting as a choroidal mass: A case report and review of literature of cervical metastases to the eye

Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the cervix presenting as a choroidal mass: A case report and review of literature of cervical metastases to the eye

Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among females in India. Cervical cancer usually spreads by local extension and through the lymphatic drainage to the lymph nodes. Hematogenous spread, the mechanism responsible for distant metastases, is rarely seen in cervical malignancies. In this communic...

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Main Authors: Akshay Gopinathan Nair, Haresh T Asnani, Vinod C Mehta, Siddharth V Mehta, Rima S Pathak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma
cervix cancer
choroidal metastasis
granuloma
metastases
metastatic cervical cancer
orbital metastasis
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2015;volume=63;issue=8;spage=674;epage=678;aulast=Nair

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