Choroidal metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma: a rare case report
Porrello C., Gullo R., Gagliardo C.M., Vaglica A., Palazzolo M., Giangregorio F., Iadicola D., Profita G., Lo Faso F., Tomasello G., Carini F., Cocorullo G.
The choroid is the most common site for intraocular metastatic di sease. Orbital metastasis as metastatic site of lung adenocarcinoma is very rare and in literature a very exiguous number of cases is present. This is a case report of a woman with history of lung adenocarcinoma and, after surgery, detection of a choroidal mass described as lung metastasis, responding to Gefinitib therapy. However a biopsy was not performed. After two years there was a great dimension decrement of the lung metastasis but she is still suffering from recurrent pleural effusion, with pleural thickenings biopsied and diagnosed as recurrences of disease.
