Periocular metastatic tumors (ocular metastatic tumors)

General: Neoplasms that develop from malignant cells and are 757h78h carried from a primary site of malignancy.

Ocular: Retinal detachment; retinal hemorrhages; enophthalmos; exophthalmos; proptosis; rubeosis iridis; uveitis; papilledema; orbital hemorrhages; hyphema; paralysis of extraocular muscles; secondary glaucoma.

Clinical: Metastasis in the bloodstream and lymphatic system common; tumors of the lung or breast metastasize to globe; neoplasms that most commonly metastasize to the or-bit are neuroblastomas of suprarenal medulla and retroperitoneal ganglia; Wilms tumor may involve the orbit.

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