Metastatic esophageal carcinoma to the orbit.

Collins, M J; Wojno, T H; Grossniklaus, H E · Am J Ophthalmol · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

To report a case of esophageal adenocarcinoma and areas of gastric differentiation in the esophagus (Barrett esophagus) metastatic to the orbit. A 47-year-old man with a history of esophageal carcinoma developed turgescence around his left eye. He underwent a biopsy and histologic examination of a left orbital mass. Histopathology of the orbital tumor was consistent with metastatic adenocarcinoma from the esophagus. This metastatic adenocarcinoma to the orbit likely arose in Barrett esophagus.

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