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. 2014:2014:251817.
doi: 10.1155/2014/251817. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Choroidal metastasis from follicular cell thyroid carcinoma masquerading as circumscribed choroidal haemangioma

V P Papastefanou  1 , A K Arora  1 , J L Hungerford  1 , V M L Cohen  1
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Choroidal metastasis from follicular cell thyroid carcinoma masquerading as circumscribed choroidal haemangioma

V P Papastefanou et al. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014.

Abstract

Choroidal metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma are uncommon and usually present as an amelanotic lesion against a background of known systemic disease. We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with a thyroid metastatic focus with unusual clinical presentation, systemic involvement, and early response to systemic treatment. A review of the literature accompanies this case presentation.

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Figure 1
(a) Pale orange lesion involving the macula and extending inferotemporally before treatment. Clinical appearance is consistent with a circumscribed choroidal haemangioma. (b) After four months a pale, fibrotic scar has developed in the site of the original lesion following treatment.
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