Choroidal metastasis presented as the initial symptom of the recurrence from ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma: A case report

Choroidal metastasis from recurrent ovarian cancer is extremely rare. To ou r knowledge, this report is the first such case of endometrioid adenocarcin oma. A 30-year-old pregnant woman presented to an ophthalmologist in Januar y 1999 because of a rapid visual deterioration. Ophthalmologic evaluation r evealed a metastatic choroidal tumor from ovarian cancer which had been dia gnosed 10 years ago. After cesarean section, multiple metastases were found including the choroid, scalp, bone, and lung, and she received four course s of single agent carboplatin chemotherapy. She died of disease in July 199 9. This case highlights the need to investigate the etiology of visual comp laints in patients with a history of ovarian cancer even in the early stage . (C) 2000 Academic Press.