Metastasis to the iris in squamous cell lung cancer

Metastasis to the iris in squamous cell lung cancer

A 72-year-old Japanese woman, suffering from squamous cell lung cancer with brain metastasis, underwent 2 courses of combination chemotherapy, consisting of cisplatin and vindesine. Although both the primary tumor and the brain metastasis regressed markedly, she developed left ocular pain with blurr...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of clinical oncology 1998-06, Vol.3 (3), p.186-190
Hauptverfasser: Hiraki, Akio, Ueoka, Hiroshi, Matsuo, Toshihiko, Nakagawa, Tomio, Yoshino, Tadashi, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Tabata, Masahiro, Sakae, Katsuyoshi, Ohtsuki, Yuji, Hiraki, Yoshio, Harada, Mine
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Sprache:eng
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Cervical cancer
Lung cancer
Metastasis
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Zusammenfassung:A 72-year-old Japanese woman, suffering from squamous cell lung cancer with brain metastasis, underwent 2 courses of combination chemotherapy, consisting of cisplatin and vindesine. Although both the primary tumor and the brain metastasis regressed markedly, she developed left ocular pain with blurred vision. An abnormal mass was found in the left iris, and cytologic examination of the aqueous aspirate revealed a few malignant cells, which, when examined by electron microscopy, were considered to be derived from squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1341-9625
1437-7772
DOI:10.1007/BF02489914