Rodríguez VM, Verona UL, Sigler VA, Leiva GY

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Since the first description in 1872 of a metastatic tumor in an eye patient with carcinoma, the literature has indicated that metastatic tumors are the most common intraocular tumor in adults. Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors arising from the nonepithelial extraskeletal tissue of human body. Metastases to regional lymph are rare in sarcomas unlike carcinomas. Objective: To provide knowledge about the subject. Method: A literature review and comprehensive review of patient. Results: It is reported a case of a 32 years white male patient, with a history of being treated in rheumatology clinic a year ago with musculoskeletal pain that were interpreted as ankylosing spondylitis, he went to consultation referring loss of visual acuity in her left eye. At physical examination it was found multiple serous retinal detachments that interested the posterior pole in left eye and only two of these in the right eye that respected the macula. The patient's visual acuity was hand movements for the left eye vision and the vision unit to the right eye. The diagnosis was based on data obtained from physical examination, ocular ultrasound, computed tomography of the orbits, thorax and abdomen, and biopsy by fine needle aspiration. Conclusions: The diagnosis was that the patient suffered a pleomorphic soft tissue sarcoma; it was treated with cytostatics and radiation, but finally ended the patient´s life.

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