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In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a circumscribed orbital mass
S Y Mudiyanselage1, V C Prabhakaran, G J Davis
1South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide - South Australia.
Purpose:
To report a case of renal cell carcinoma presenting as a well-circumscribed orbital tumor.
Methods:
Retrospective interventional case report.
Results:
A 60-year-old woman presented with proptosis of the left eye. Imaging showed a well circumscribed tumor in the region of the medial rectus muscle. Excision biopsy revealed a diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma that was confirmed on abdominal imaging.
Conclusions:
Renal cell carcinoma can rarely present as a well-circumscribed orbital mass and should be included in the differential diagnosis of such lesions.
