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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 />

82<br />

67 RF46<br />

MYSTERY CASE<br />

Sara Lally (saralally1@yahoo.com)<br />

Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia<br />

68 RF47<br />

MYSTERY CASE<br />

Hakan Demirci (hdemirc1@hfhs.org

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