Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma to the Orbit and Periorbit Masquerading as Periorbital Abscess.
10.3341/kjo.2010.24.2.123
- Author:
Ja Young LEE
1
;
Hyun Joon LEE
;
Moon Sun JUNG
;
So Young KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. ophdrkim@schca.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Abscess;
Orbital neoplasms;
Squamous cell carcinoma
- MeSH:
Abscess/diagnosis;
Biopsy;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*diagnosis/*secondary;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Esophageal Neoplasms/*pathology;
Fatal Outcome;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Orbital Diseases/diagnosis;
Orbital Neoplasms/*diagnosis/*secondary
- From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
2010;24(2):123-125
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 61-year-old man with no history of malignancy presented with a rapidly expanding left periorbital mass, first noticed one month prior to presentation. The mass was firm, and a pus-like discharge drained spontaneously from the center of the lesion. A biopsy was performed, and histopathology confirmed squamous cell carcinoma. Systemic evaluation revealed that the patient had a primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with multiple metastases. The prognosis of orbital metastasis is generally poor, and this patient expired after one month of conservative treatment.
