Abstract

SANCHEZ, Renata et al. Metástasis coroidea como primera manifestación de recaída sistémica en el cáncer de mama. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2010, vol.22, n.1, pp.57-62. ISSN 0798-0582.

The choroid metastasis, are not frequent in intraocular malignant tumors, the breast cancer, is the primary tumor more frequently responsible for ocular metastases. These reports describe a feminine 47 years old diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma of her right breast classified how state IIIA treated in 1998, she was free of disease until July of 2005, she complained of diminished visual acuity of her right eye. Based on the clinical and test outcomes the following diagnosis was reached: Choroid metastasis in the right eye, from a known primary tumor. The patient started treatment local and systemically chemotherapy with excellent response.

Keywords : Metastasis; breast; cancer; choroid; chemotherapy.