Ocular metastasis of choriocarcinoma

Authors
Gangadharan, VP Prakash, NP Chitrathara, K Sasidharan, K Ramachandran, K
Citation
Vp. Gangadharan et al., Ocular metastasis of choriocarcinoma, BR J RADIOL, 72(864), 1999, pp. 1216-1217
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00071285 → ACNP
Volume
72
Issue
864
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1216 - 1217
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Metastatic tumours of the eye commonly occur from primaries of the breast o r lung. The prognosis is poor and the mean life expectancy is 6.5 months fr om diagnosis. Although metastatic tumours of the eye are not a rarity, ocul ar metastasis from choriocarcinoma has not been reported previously. We rep ort a case of gestational choriocarcinoma with ocular metastasis.