An unusual case of metastatic choroidal deposits of renal cell carcinoma presenting with loss of vision.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Dave, V; Shah, A; Menon, S
- Source
- Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. Oct-Dec2020, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p220-221. 2p.
- Subject
- *IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*METASTASIS
*RENAL cell carcinoma
*POSITRON emission tomography
*VISION disorders
*DISEASE complications
*DISEASE risk factors
- Language
- ISSN
- 0022-3859
The article presents a case study of a 71-year-old diabetic man with gradual vision loss in the left eye for 4 months. Examinations showed focal thickening in the chorioretinal membrane posteriorly at optic attachment level, and a tumor in the inferotemporal quadrant of the globe. He was diagnosed with a metastatic conventional/clear renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and was started on receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor Sunitinib. The patient had a rare choroidal metastasis from renal primary.