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Ciliary body metastasis in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma — incidental detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT
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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.
Keywords
18F-FDG; PET/CT, ciliary body metastasis, lung carcinoma
Title
Ciliary body metastasis in a patient with non-small cell lung carcinoma — incidental detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT
Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
40-43
Published online
2014-03-03
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1355
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1903
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