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Vol 17, No 1 (2014)
Case report
Submitted: 2013-10-03
Accepted: 2013-12-04
Published online: 2014-03-03
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Ciliary body metastasis in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma — incidental detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Sellam Karunanithi, Partha Sarathi Chakraborty, Varun Singh Dhull, Jeyaseelan Nadarajah, Nitesh R. Salunkhe, Rakesh Kumar
DOI: 10.5603/NMR.2014.0010
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Nucl. Med. Rev 2014;17(1):40-43.

open access

Vol 17, No 1 (2014)
Case Report
Submitted: 2013-10-03
Accepted: 2013-12-04
Published online: 2014-03-03

Abstract

Ciliary body metastasis in a case of lung cancer is very rare. Intraocular metastasis by any cancer most commonly involves choroid followed by iris and ciliary body. We present a case of a 71-year-old male with non-small cell lung cancer who was found to have an 18F-FDG avid right lung mass. Incidentally a focus of abnormal increased 18F-FDG uptake was noted in the region of ciliary body in the right eyeball. The findings were confirmed to be a metastatic lesion in ciliary body on Ultrasonography and MRI. Our case depicts this extremely rare occurrence corroborated by various modalities.

Abstract

Ciliary body metastasis in a case of lung cancer is very rare. Intraocular metastasis by any cancer most commonly involves choroid followed by iris and ciliary body. We present a case of a 71-year-old male with non-small cell lung cancer who was found to have an 18F-FDG avid right lung mass. Incidentally a focus of abnormal increased 18F-FDG uptake was noted in the region of ciliary body in the right eyeball. The findings were confirmed to be a metastatic lesion in ciliary body on Ultrasonography and MRI. Our case depicts this extremely rare occurrence corroborated by various modalities.

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Keywords

18F-FDG; PET/CT, ciliary body metastasis, lung carcinoma

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Title

Ciliary body metastasis in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma — incidental detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Journal

Nuclear Medicine Review

Issue

Vol 17, No 1 (2014)

Article type

Case report

Pages

40-43

Published online

2014-03-03

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DOI

10.5603/NMR.2014.0010

Bibliographic record

Nucl. Med. Rev 2014;17(1):40-43.

Keywords

18F-FDG
PET/CT
ciliary body metastasis
lung carcinoma

Authors

Sellam Karunanithi
Partha Sarathi Chakraborty
Varun Singh Dhull
Jeyaseelan Nadarajah
Nitesh R. Salunkhe
Rakesh Kumar

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