A Case of Metastatic Colonic Adenocarcinoma of the Eyelid.
10.3341/jkos.2015.56.6.950
- Author:
Shin Young HWANG
1
;
Dong Eun OH
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Korea Veterans Service, Seoul, Korea. ezer75@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma;
Metastatic eyelid tumor
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma*;
Aged;
Biopsy;
Colon*;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Drug Therapy;
Eyelids*;
Humans;
Liver;
Lung;
Male;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Orbit
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2015;56(6):950-955
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report a metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma in the left upper eyelid. CASE SUMMARY: A 73-year-old male presented to our clinic with a palpable mass in his left upper eyelid that had appeared 10 days prior. The patient had a history of colon cancer that was diagnosed 2 years previously with liver and lung metastases, and he had underwent colon resection followed by chemotherapy. A 10.7 x 14.7 x 9.0 mm mass was observed on orbital computed tomography and a biopsy confirmed that the mass was a metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma. Because radical resection of the mass could not be performed, a debulking surgery was performed instead. The patient was followed up while receiving conservative treatment, but he died 3 weeks after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Metastatic tumors in the eyelids are very rare and colonic adenocarcinoma metastases in the eyelids are even less common. Thus, a biopsy examination and appropriate treatment should be administered to patients with a history of malignancy who present with an eyelid mass.
