2013
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-267
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Choroid metastases revealing primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lung effectively treated with cisplatin and pemetrexed: a case report

Abstract: IntroductionThe aim of the present report was to draw the attention of oncologists to the importance of prompt diagnosis of primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lung, which allows early initiation of treatment to maintain quality of life.Case presentationA 63-year-old Chinese woman initially presented to our facility with multifocal bilateral choroid metastatic lesions that were found to originate from a primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lung (T2bN2M1b, stage IV). A thorough ophthalmologic evaluatio… Show more

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“…Li et al’s14 group reported that CCAL patients who received lobectomies after tumor recurrence were alive and tumor free after diagnosis. Chang et al’s15 group reported that CCAL patients who initially presented with multifocal bilateral choroid metastasis and received surgery had better OS. No significant difference in survival was observed among patients undergoing different types of surgery.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Li et al’s14 group reported that CCAL patients who received lobectomies after tumor recurrence were alive and tumor free after diagnosis. Chang et al’s15 group reported that CCAL patients who initially presented with multifocal bilateral choroid metastasis and received surgery had better OS. No significant difference in survival was observed among patients undergoing different types of surgery.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, a patient treated with operative chemotherapy had a marked recovery in the following 3 years after postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and complete resection 18. In 2013, Chang et al’s15 group reported a case of CCAL with multifocal bilateral choroid metastasis that responded to systemic chemotherapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed after surgery. However, we lacked chemotherapy data for our study and could not assess this for CCAL patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%