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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2013; 34(02): 132-133
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.116221
IMAGES IN ONCOLOGY

Orbital and infratemporal fossa metastasis: An unusual initial presentation of adenocarcinoma of lung

Tamojit Chaudhuri
Department of Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Kamlesh Yadava
Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Orbital metastasis as initial presentation of adenocarcinoma of lung is an extremely rare phenomenon. Here, we report a 46-year-old non-smoker Asian woman, who presented with right eye proptosis due to right orbital and infratemporal fossa metastasis, as the first presentation of adenocarcinoma of right lung.

Keywords

Adenocarcinoma lung - chemotherapy - orbital metastasis - radiotherapy


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20 July 2021

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