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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1782-1784
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Iris Metastasis of Esophageal Cancer

Yoshinobu Ichiki, MD*,a, Masaru Morita, MDa, Koichi Yano, MDa, Kenji Sugio, MDa, Kosei Yasumoto, MDa, Naofumi Hirose, MDb

a Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
b Department of Ophthalmology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan

Accepted for publication November 7, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Ichiki, Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan
y-ichiki{at}med.uoeh-u.ac.jp

Ocular metastasis in patients with esophageal cancer is quite rare. Several cases have been reported in the literature, but no successful treatments for such metastases have ever been described. We herein report a case of esophageal cancer in which the ocular metastasis was controlled by systemic chemotherapy.






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