Choroidal metastases from breast carcinoma: a survey of 42 patients and the use of radiation therapy.
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX.Issue Date
1975-10
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Visual disturbances in patients with breast carcinoma may result from choroidal metastases. Metastases were bilateral in 41% of patients and the choroid was the first site of metastasis in 25%. Therefore awareness of this 'rare' condition is essential for any doctor seeing patients with breast cancer; consultation with an ophthalmologist and radiotherapist is mandatory. Radiation therapy is the treatment of choice, producing an 80% response rate (complete resolution in 25%). The final catastrophe of blindness in these patients can be prevented.Citation
Choroidal metastases from breast carcinoma: a survey of 42 patients and the use of radiation therapy. 1975, 26 (4):549-53 Clin RadiolJournal
Clinical RadiologyDOI
10.1016/S0009-9260PubMed ID
1201651Type
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0009-9260ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/S0009-9260
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