Metastasis of advanced gastric cancer to the extraocular muscle: a case report

Abstract Background Metastatic tumors in the orbit, especially from gastric cancer, are rare. We present a rare case of extraocular muscle metastasis from gastric cancer and raise consideration of metastasis to extraocular muscle as a differential diagnosis of proptosis/lid swelling in a patient wit...

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Main Authors: Sakiko Goto, Hiroaki Takeda, Yuriko Sasahara, Imi Takanashi, Hidetoshi Yamashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2031-x