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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 53
| Issue : 1 | Page : 57-59 |
Disseminated Metastasis following Periampullary Cancer Resection Masquerading as Uveitis
Sushmita Kaushik1, Vishali Gupta1, Ramandeep Singh1, Rakesh K Vasishta2, Arvind Rajwanshi3, Amod Gupta1
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
3 Department of Cytopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Amod Gupta
Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012
India
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.15287 PMID: 15829749
The Uveitis Masquerade Syndromes (UMS) are a group of ocular diseases that mimic intraocular inflammation, but are in fact neoplastic in nature. We report a patient with disseminated malignancy who presented with uveitis 5 years after an apparently successful resection of periampullary adenocarcinoma. The Masquerade Syndrome was detected by cytological examination of the vitreous.
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