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ArticleTaiwan journal of ophthalmology

Choroidal metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Shin-Yu Chang, Shawn H Tsai, Lee-Jen Chen, Wei-Chun Chan, Yeou-Ping Tsao

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Article in Taiwan journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shin-Yu ChangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shawn H TsaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lee-Jen ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Chun ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yeou-Ping TsaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mackay Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We presented a rare case of a sole choroidal metastatic tumor from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) without other organ metastasis in Taiwan. A 43-year-old male with ESCC was referred for a 1-month history of decreased vision in his left eye. A 5.7 mm thick, yellow choroidal tumor occupied posterior pole, featured with pinpoint hyperfluorescence on angiography and subretinal fluid on optical coherence tomography. Positron emission tomography showed a singular hypermetabolic focus in the left eye. The tumor regressed with complete response and the vision preserved after radiation with total 57.60 gray applied by tomotherapy. The gastrointestinal system is the third most common metastatic origin in Taiwan while esophageal cancer metastasizing to choroid is rare. The discrepancy between the high prevalence of primary ESCC and the rareness of choroidal metastasis from ESCC is undetermined.

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Carcinomachoroid neoplasmsesophageal neoplasmsneoplasm metastasissquamous cell

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PMID30038890
PMCPMC6055309
OpenAlexW2780059512

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