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Review
. 2024 May;121(5):366-373.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-024-02035-3. Epub 2024 May 3.

[Metastasis in the periocular region]

[Article in German]
Yating Liu  1 , Alexander C Rokohl  1   2 , Martin R Müller  3 , Vinodh Kakkassery  4 , Wanlin Fan  5 , Ludwig M Heindl  6   7
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[Metastasis in the periocular region]

[Article in German]
Yating Liu et al. Ophthalmologie. 2024 May.

Abstract
in English, German

Orbital and periocular metastatic tumors used to be considered very rare; however, with the constant updating of drugs and detection methods for cancer treatment, new chemotherapies and radiation treatments are being used. The life expectancy of cancer patients has become longer and periocular metastases are becoming easier to detect. Our knowledge of this rare disease of metastases also needs to be updated. This article reviews the incidence, symptomatic presentation, clinical features, diagnostic approaches and current treatment of metastatic tumors of the orbit and ocular adnexa in these patients.

Orbitale und periokuläre metastatische Tumoren galten früher als sehr selten. Aber mit der ständigen Aktualisierung von Medikamenten und Nachweismethoden für die Krebsbehandlung werden neue Chemotherapien und Strahlenbehandlungen eingesetzt. Die Lebenserwartung von Krebspatienten ist länger geworden, und periokuläre Metastasen sind immer leichter zu erkennen. Auch unser Wissen über die Metastasen in einer seltenen Lokalisation muss aktualisiert werden. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Inzidenz, die symptomatische Präsentation, die klinischen Merkmale, die diagnostischen Ansätze und die aktuelle Behandlung von Metastasen der Orbita und der okulären Adnexe bei diesen Patienten.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Lung cancer; Metastasis; Ocular tumors; Orbit.

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