A Case of Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Orbit from the Lung.

Suh, Jong Goo; Yang, Sung Eun; Kim, Sang Min

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(3):415-420.
Published online March 1, 1979.

A Case of Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Orbit from the Lung.

Jong Goo Suh, Sung Eun Yang, Sang Min Kim

Department of Ohthalmology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Seoul, Korea.

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서종구 , 양성은 , 김상민 ( Joong Goo Suh , Seong Eun Yang , Sang Min Kim )

Abstract

The authors were experienced a case of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the left orbit originating from the lung in a 66 years old Korean male. Most outstanding of his complaint were protrusion of left eyeball, visual disturbance and severe ocular pain of left eye. The tumor was removed because of severe left ocular pain and then, he received with Co. 60 irradiation as much as 4,000 rad. Since then, exophthalmos was slightly reduced but left ocular pain was persisted.