Esophageal Cancer Metastasis to the Eye: A Case Report and Literature Review

摘要

Ocular metastasis is an uncommon occurrence that usually has a poor prognosis. The most frequent causes of intraocular metastases as reported in the literature are breast and lung cancers. Intraocular metastasis originating from esophageal cancer is very rare. We discuss a case of 58 years old man known case of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction presenting with ocular metastasis in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Clinical symptoms led to the investigations and diagnosis of the ocular metastasis which without these symptoms it would have been missed. We concluded that a careful and good review of the whole body is essential in the optimal diagnosis of metastatic lesions especially when it comes to a rare metastasis like ocular metastasis from esophageal cancer.