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Orbital Metastasis of Breast Carcinoma

Authors: Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, Ioannis A. Voutsadakis and Christos N. Papandreou
Publication Date: 02 Dec 2009
Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research 2009:3 91-97

Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, Ioannis A. Voutsadakis and Christos N. Papandreou

Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.

Abstract

We report a case of orbital metastasis in a previously diagnosed metastatic breast cancer in a 46-year old woman presenting with diplopia and proptosis of her left eye bulb. An orbital computed-tomography (CT) and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) both revealed an intra-orbital extra-bulbar mass of 1.5 × 3 cm in size, in the left orbit. The patient had been diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer 4 years before. She had received chemotherapy with docetaxel and was on hormone therapy at the time of presentation of her eye symptoms. Current treatment included systemic combination therapy with docetaxel and capecitabine as well as local irradiation with stereotactic radiosurgery (cyberknife). There was a gradual improvement of local symptoms and signs. The metastatic involvement of the orbit in malignant tumors is a rarely diagnosed condition. Breast cancer accounts for the majority of these cases. The appearance of eye symptoms in patients with a history of cancer should always be investigated with a consideration of ocular metastatic disease.