Ocular Involvement in Systemic Malignancies Flashcards
percentage of patients with ocular metastases with bilateral involvement?
25%
Most common site of primary tumor for ocular met in men? Women?
Lung. Breast.
Most common site of ocular metastasis?
posterior choroid (rich vascular supply)
Percentage of patients with uveal mets from breast cancer with history of prior treatment?
90%
Most common extraocular tumor that directly invades the eye?
conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma
Bilateral, unremitting posterior uveitis in patient older than 50?
primary intraocular lymphoma
primary tissues involved in primary intraocular lymphoma?
retina and vitreous
most commonly affected intraocular tissue in Leukemia that is clinically detectable
retina (choroid may be more common but undetectable clinically)