UNUSUAL RETINAL-PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY AND CHOROIDOPATHY IN CARCINOMATOSIS - A RARE CASE OF CANCER-ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY

Citation
H. Brink et al., UNUSUAL RETINAL-PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY AND CHOROIDOPATHY IN CARCINOMATOSIS - A RARE CASE OF CANCER-ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY, Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology, 235(1), 1997, pp. 59-61
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
ISSN journal
0721832X
Volume
235
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
59 - 61
Database
ISI
SICI code
0721-832X(1997)235:1<59:UREACI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Background: Cancer-associated retinopathy is a syndrome causing ocular symptoms, It is a rare entity and only a few cases have been reported . Methods: A 67-year-old woman with small-cell endometrial carcinoma s uffering from deterioration of visual acuity is presented, Results: Th e patient presented with extensive mottled changes of the retinal pigm ent epithelium, accompanied by diffuse subretinal fluid in the posteri or pole and exudative retinal detachments inferior in both eyes, Concl usion: This patient suffered from a rare variety of cancer-associated retinopathy.