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Purpose. To describe a patient with metastatic choroidal paraganglioma,<br />
locally controlled with radiotherapy.<br />
Methods. Interventional clinico-pathological case report. Systematic<br />
search of the literature.<br />
Results. A 50-year-old man presented a non-pigmented atypical<br />
choroidal mass with secondary retinal detachment in the left eye.<br />
Following incisional biopsy, the diagnosis of paraganglioma was<br />
established. Metastatic work-up revealed vertebral, mediastinal and<br />
pulmonary metastases of a non secretory, malignant paraganglioma<br />
without tracer uptake. The primary tumor was not identified. The ocular<br />
tumor regressed after stereotaxic radiotherapy. Two years later, the<br />
patient developed recurrent lesions in the contralateral eye, which were<br />
also irradiated.<br />
Conclusions. Malignant paraganglioma can metastasize in the choroid<br />
and should be included in the differential diagnosis of a non pigmented<br />
choroidal mass. Stereotaxic radiation therapy is an effective treatment<br />
modality. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with<br />
choroidal paraganglioma.<br />
Financial disclosure. None<br />
Rapid Fire Cases<br />
Abstracts<br />
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MYSTERY CASE<br />
Sara Lally (saralally1@yahoo.com)<br />
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia<br />
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MYSTERY CASE<br />
Hakan Demirci (hdemirc1@hfhs.org