Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma
<p>Blepharoptosis is the drooping or inferior displacement of the upper eyelid. Blepharoptosis can be either congenital or acquired. Tumour metastasis is one of the acquired causes of blepharoptosis. The lungs, locoregional lymph nodes, bone and liver are the usual sites of metastases of renal...
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| author | Federico Greco Lorenzo Sabatino Francesco Sabatino Manuele Casale Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi Bruno Beomonte Zobel |
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| description | <p>Blepharoptosis is the drooping or inferior displacement of the upper eyelid. Blepharoptosis can be either congenital or acquired. Tumour metastasis is one of the acquired causes of blepharoptosis. The lungs, locoregional lymph nodes, bone and liver are the usual sites of metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, unusual locations of RCC have also been reported. Herein, we describe a case of a 47-year-old man with unilateral ptosis and blurred vision due to metastatic RCC. We describe the different causes of blepharopstosis, the path that led to the diagnosis, and how RCC can metastasize to unusual anatomical regions such as the orbit. Symptoms such as exophthalmos, lid edema, diplopia, ptosis, cranial nerve paralysis or blurred vision may mime a benign disease; however, they could also be the symptoms of a systemic malignancy.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e5bf730bfd347859afd7247c8b3d3752022-12-22T01:01:33ZengCodon PublicationsJournal of Kidney Cancer and VHL2203-58262016-12-0133111510.15586/jkcvhl.2016.6142Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell CarcinomaFederico Greco0Lorenzo Sabatino1Francesco Sabatino2Manuele Casale3Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi4Bruno Beomonte Zobel5MD, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.MD, Unit of Otolaryngology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.MD, Eye Unit, Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Unit of Otolaryngology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.MD, PhD, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.MD, Full Professor, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.<p>Blepharoptosis is the drooping or inferior displacement of the upper eyelid. Blepharoptosis can be either congenital or acquired. Tumour metastasis is one of the acquired causes of blepharoptosis. The lungs, locoregional lymph nodes, bone and liver are the usual sites of metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, unusual locations of RCC have also been reported. Herein, we describe a case of a 47-year-old man with unilateral ptosis and blurred vision due to metastatic RCC. We describe the different causes of blepharopstosis, the path that led to the diagnosis, and how RCC can metastasize to unusual anatomical regions such as the orbit. Symptoms such as exophthalmos, lid edema, diplopia, ptosis, cranial nerve paralysis or blurred vision may mime a benign disease; however, they could also be the symptoms of a systemic malignancy.</p>http://jkcvhl.com/index.php/jkcvhl/article/view/61Blepharoptosis, Kidney cancer, Orbital MRI, Ptosis, Renal Cell Cancer |
| spellingShingle | Federico Greco Lorenzo Sabatino Francesco Sabatino Manuele Casale Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi Bruno Beomonte Zobel Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL Blepharoptosis, Kidney cancer, Orbital MRI, Ptosis, Renal Cell Cancer |
| title | Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| title_full | Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| title_short | Unilateral Blepharoptosis From Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| title_sort | unilateral blepharoptosis from renal cell carcinoma |
| topic | Blepharoptosis, Kidney cancer, Orbital MRI, Ptosis, Renal Cell Cancer |
| url | http://jkcvhl.com/index.php/jkcvhl/article/view/61 |
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