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  • Title: Orbital metastasis as the initial finding of breast carcinoma: a ten-year survival.
    Author: Mohadjer Y, Holds JB.
    Journal: Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg; 2005 Jan; 21(1):65-6. PubMed ID: 15677955.
    Abstract:
    A 50-year-old woman with a clinically negative breast examination was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer only after pathologic evidence of an orbital metastasis. She presented with pressure and pain above the right eye associated with enophthalmos and pseudo-Brown syndrome. The diagnosis of breast cancer based on initial ophthalmic findings requires a strong level of suspicion. Multiple reports show that survival in these cases is limited, usually only 1 year after diagnosis. We present a case of 10-year survival after the diagnosis of breast cancer presenting as an orbital mass. These new findings provoke us to continue aggressive systemic and ophthalmic treatment for such patients.
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