Disseminated metastasis following periampullary cancer resection masquerading as uveitis

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2005 Mar;53(1):57-9. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.15287.

Abstract

The Uveitis Masquerade Syndromes (UMS) are a group of ocular diseases that mimic intraocular inflammation, but are in fact neoplastic in nature. We report a patient with disseminated malignancy who presented with uveitis 5 years after an apparently successful resection of periampullary adenocarcinoma. The Masquerade Syndrome was detected by cytological examination of the vitreous.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Ampulla of Vater*
  • Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Eye Neoplasms / pathology
  • Eye Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uveitis / diagnosis*
  • Vitrectomy
  • Vitreous Body / pathology