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Year : 2019  |  Volume : 67  |  Issue : 12  |  Page : 2046-2047

Metastatic carcinoma masquerading as lens matter


Department of Uvea, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Submission04-Apr-2019
Date of Acceptance28-Aug-2019
Date of Web Publication22-Nov-2019

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Dr. Somanath Anjana
Uvea Consultant, Department of Uvea, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_674_19

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Keywords: Masquerade syndrome, iris metastasis, iris tumour, uterine carcinoma


How to cite this article:
Anjana S, Rekha S, Rathinam SR. Metastatic carcinoma masquerading as lens matter. Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:2046-7

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Anjana S, Rekha S, Rathinam SR. Metastatic carcinoma masquerading as lens matter. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2019 [cited 2024 Mar 28];67:2046-7. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2019/67/12/2046/271393



A 64-year-old female was treated elsewhere as a case of iritis with topical steroids and mydriatics. As her symptoms persisted, she presented to us for further management with complaints of redness and pain. On ocular evaluation, a white fluffy material resembling lens matter was seen [Figure 1]. Suspecting a delayed extrusion of lens matter in the anterior chamber, it was aspirated. During aspiration, surprisingly, a difficulty in the procedure was seen due to deep attachment with iris, hence the material was sent for histopathological evaluation which revealed carcinomatous infiltration [Figure 2]. On her second visit, a creamy white mass protruding anteriorly was seen at the same location with the iris adjacent to it [Figure 3].
Figure 1: Digital photograph of anterior segment of the right eye showing white fluffy matter resembling lens matter

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Figure 2: Anterior chamber fluid cytology showing tightly packed cell clusters with focal necrosis (arrow head).The cells are hyperchromatic and pleomorphic suggestive of malignancy. No evidence of pigmented cells

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Figure 3: Digital photograph of anterior segment of the right eye with recurrence of creamy white mass at the same location after aspiration

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She later revealed a history of endometrial carcinoma 4 years ago and had undergone hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-opherectomy. As the histopathology report showed stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma, chemotherapy or radiotherapy was not advised. She was advised regular follow-up by her gynecologist but she was lost for follow-up.

Now, her CT chest showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy and lymphangitic carcinomatosis and CT abdomen showed retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy suggestive of metastasis [Figure 4]. She was treated with 6 cycles of chemotherapy. Her ocular evaluation showed the resolution of the white fluffy material over the iris [Figure 5]. However she later succumbed to the disease.

Endometrial carcinoma can be pathologically subdivided into type I adenocarcinoma and type II serous carcinoma.[1] Uterine endometrial adenocarcinoma is the most common and less aggressive. Uterine serous carcinoma is more aggressive endometrial carcinomas and can metastasize.
Figure 4: Computed Tomography scan of chest and abdomen showing lymphangitic carcinomatous changes in lungs with mediastinal and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy (arrow head)

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Figure 5: Digital photograph of anterior segment of the right eye after the procedure

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Planten et al., Capeans et al., and Kyung-Chul Yoon et al. have reported iris metastasis in patients with endometrial carcinoma.[2],[3],[4] Smith et al. has reported a case of endometrial carcinoma metastasizing to the choroid.[5] Unusual difficulty in aspiration of lens matter due to deep attachment raised our concern and helped in early diagnosis of late metastasis.

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American Cancer Society. Key Statistics for Endometrial Cancer 2017. American Cancer Society. Atlanta, Ga. 2017. Available from: https://www. cancer.org/cancer/endometrial-cancer/about/key-statistics.html. [Last accessed on 2019 Aug 25].  Back to cited text no. 1
    
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Planten JT. Iridic metastasis of a uterine carcinoma. Ophthalmologica 1981;182:55-8.  Back to cited text no. 2
    
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Capeáns C, Santos L, Sánchez-Salorio M, Forteza J. Iris metastasis from endometrial carcinoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1998;125:729-30.  Back to cited text no. 3
    
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Yoon KC, Oh HJ, Park SW, Lee KH, Lee JH. Bilateral iris metastasis from endometrial carcinoma. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2007;51:234-5.  Back to cited text no. 4
    
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Smith SH, Arudra SKC, Mullen MM, Palisoul M, Dahiya S, Kumar Rao P, et al. Arare case of endometrial cancer metastatic to the uveal choroid. Gynecol Oncol Rep 2018;23:24-7.  Back to cited text no. 5
    


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