[Choroid metastases in metastatic breast cancer--a rare metastatic site]

Between 1985 and 1989, four patients with uvea metastases of breast cancers were treated in the Dept. of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of the University of the Saar, Medical School, in Homburg/Saar. One of these patients developed binocular metastases. The patient's age at the primary diagnosis of breast cancer was 48 years (median), the others were in pre- or peri-menopausal status. Uvea metastases appeared in median five years after primary diagnosis, always in coincidence with at least one more metastasis of different localisation. All cases with uvea metastases have been treated by radiation therapy with 40 gy reference dose. In three out of five cases, complete remission of the visus restriction could be achieved. In a further case, a temporary partial remission occurred. Two relapses were observed after remission induction, one and four years after treatment respectively.