Sahel Medical Journal

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2014  |  Volume : 17  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 37--39

Adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting as retinal detachment


Kaushik Saha1, Koushik Bose2, Arnab Saha1, Subhasis Jana3 
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3 Department of Radiotherapy, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Correspondence Address:
Kaushik Saha
Rabindra Pally, 1st Lane, P. O. Nimta, Kolkata - 700 049, West Bengal
India

Retinal detachment is a rare presentation of lung cancer. A young female presented with blurring of vision in her right eye for the last 10 days without any history of trauma. On indirect ophthalmoscopy, there was a presence of right sided retinal detachment which was treated with oral prednisolone (60 mg/day). After 1 month of continuous treatment, she came back with dry cough left sided chest pain and deterioration of her eye symptoms. Chest X-ray showed left lung mass. Computed tomography guided fine needle aspiration cytology and with immunohistochemistry confirmed adenocarcinoma of the lung. She was treated with 6 cycles of chemotherapy with paclitaxel and gemcitabine.


How to cite this article:
Saha K, Bose K, Saha A, Jana S. Adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting as retinal detachment.Sahel Med J 2014;17:37-39


How to cite this URL:
Saha K, Bose K, Saha A, Jana S. Adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting as retinal detachment. Sahel Med J [serial online] 2014 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];17:37-39
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