Orbital metastases from breast cancer: a case report

Mirjana Janicijevic-Petrovic; Tatjana Sarenac; Suncica Sreckovic; Dejan Vulovic; Katarina Janicijevic

doi:10.17305/bjbms.2011.2561

Authors

Mirjana Janicijevic-Petrovic Clinic of Ophthalmology, Clinical Centre Kragujevac
Tatjana Sarenac Clinic of Ophthalmology, Clinical Centre Kragujevac
Suncica Sreckovic Clinic of Ophthalmology, Clinical Centre Kragujevac
Dejan Vulovic Medical Faculty, Institute for Surgery, University of Kragujevac
Katarina Janicijevic Medical Faculty, Institute for Surgery, University of Kragujevac

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2011.2561

Keywords:

orbit, metastases, breast cancer

Abstract

We present a patient with a corneal ulcer of the right eye, with eye protrusion and without anamnesis of cancer. On CT examination there was a bulky soft tissue mass in the cranial aspect of the right orbit, without increasing in signal intensity after injection of contrast. Open biopsy revealed undifferentiated tissue that stained strongly positive for breast carcinoma, confirming the diagnosis of metastases of breast carcinoma.