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Park, Oh, Moon, Kang, Hahn, Park, Kim, Chang, Kim, Cho, and Kim: A Case of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Presenting with Initial Symptom of Visual Disturbance due to Intraocular Metastasis
Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2005; 59(1): 93-96.

Published online: 31 July 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2005.59.1.93

A Case of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Presenting with Initial Symptom of Visual Disturbance due to Intraocular Metastasis

Sun Young Park, M.D.1, Hyung Jung Oh, M.D.1, Jin Wook Moon, M.D.1, Shin Myung Kang, M.D.1, Chang Hoon Hahn, M.D.1, Moo Suk Park, M.D.1, 3, Young Sam Kim, M.D.1, 3, Joon Chang, M.D.1, 3, Sung Kyu Kim, M.D.1, 3, Sang Ho Cho, M.D.2, Se Kyu Kim, M.D.1, 3, 4, 5

1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

3The Institute of Chest Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

4Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

5Cancer Metastasis Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Se Kyu Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku, Seoul, Korea. Phone: 02-2228-1954, Fax: 02-393-6884, sekyukim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Received 4 April 2005       Accepted 23 June 2005

Copyright©2005. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Intraocular tumors are uncommon and an intraocular metastatic carcinoma is extremely rare. An intraocular metastasis in adults most often originates from the breast or the lung. An intraocular lesion may be the first presentation of cancer and a search should be made to locate the primary tumor. To our knowledge, an intraocular metastasis of a bronchioloaveolar carcinoma has not reported in Korea. We report a case of a bronchioloalveolar carcinoma presenting with the initial symptom of a unilateral visual disturbance due to an intraocular metastasis.

Keywords: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, Intraocular metastasis

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