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Choroid metastasis of undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Enis Özyar*
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Hayyam Kiratli
Affiliation:
Departments of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Serap Akbulut
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Dilek Uzal
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
*
Address for correspondence: Enis Özyar, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. Fax: 90 312 3092914.

Abstract

Choroid metastasis of primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an infrequent event. Here, we report a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with metastases to the choroid successfully treated by external beam radiotherapy.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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