TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral choroidal metastasis from adenoid cystic carcinoma of the submandibular salivary gland
AU - Bacherini, Daniela
AU - Pellegrini, Marco
AU - Vicini, Giulio
AU - Nicolosi, Cristina
AU - Pieretti, Giulia
AU - Vannozzi, Lorenzo
AU - Rizzo, Stanislao
AU - Mazzini, Cinzia
AU - Giansanti, Fabrizio
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Purpose: A case of bilateral choroidal metastasis from an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the submandibular gland is described. Case description: A 45-years-old woman with a history of metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma presented with visual impairment in both eyes. Fundus images showed bilateral creamy-white choroidal masses. Optical coherence tomography revealed subretinal fluid with high reflective speckles and a “lumpy bumpy” anterior contour of the lesions. Fluorescein angiography showed a hypofluorescent pattern of the lesions in early arterial phases, and progressive late hyperfluorescence. A diagnosis of bilateral choroidal metastasis from adenoid cystic carcinoma was made. The patient was advised to underwent palliative chemotherapy, but she expired a few weeks after the diagnosis. Conclusion: Salivary gland carcinoma rarely metastasizes to the choroid, with few cases described in literature. In patients with a history of salivary glands tumor the possibility of choroidal metastatization should always be considered.
AB - Purpose: A case of bilateral choroidal metastasis from an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the submandibular gland is described. Case description: A 45-years-old woman with a history of metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma presented with visual impairment in both eyes. Fundus images showed bilateral creamy-white choroidal masses. Optical coherence tomography revealed subretinal fluid with high reflective speckles and a “lumpy bumpy” anterior contour of the lesions. Fluorescein angiography showed a hypofluorescent pattern of the lesions in early arterial phases, and progressive late hyperfluorescence. A diagnosis of bilateral choroidal metastasis from adenoid cystic carcinoma was made. The patient was advised to underwent palliative chemotherapy, but she expired a few weeks after the diagnosis. Conclusion: Salivary gland carcinoma rarely metastasizes to the choroid, with few cases described in literature. In patients with a history of salivary glands tumor the possibility of choroidal metastatization should always be considered.
KW - Adenoid cystic carcinoma
KW - OCT
KW - choroidal metastasis
KW - submandibular salivary gland carcinoma
KW - Adenoid cystic carcinoma
KW - OCT
KW - choroidal metastasis
KW - submandibular salivary gland carcinoma
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/248578
U2 - 10.1177/1120672120970405
DO - 10.1177/1120672120970405
M3 - Article
SN - 1120-6721
VL - 32
SP - NP258-NP263
JO - European Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - European Journal of Ophthalmology
ER -