Imre Abdulkadir, Sakarya E Umut, Imre Seher Sartepe, Gundogan Onur, Erdogan Nezahat, Rezanko Turkan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
J Craniofac Surg. 2013 Jul;24(4):1476-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182903384.
Breast cancer, the most common form of cancer among women, rarely metastasizes to the paranasal sinuses and skull base. The disease usually proceeds insidiously, remaining asymptomatic until ocular symptoms appear. Orbital involvement is frequently seen in metastatic disease of the paranasal sinuses and skull base, but orbital apex syndrome is rare. Early presentation with clinical features of acute ethmoiditis can delay the diagnosis of metastatic disease. Here, we report the case of a 43-year-old woman with breast cancer who presented with orbital apex syndrome secondary to the skull base and paranasal sinus metastasis.
乳腺癌是女性中最常见的癌症形式，很少转移至鼻窦和颅底。该疾病通常隐匿进展，在出现眼部症状之前一直无症状。鼻窦和颅底转移性疾病中常可见眼眶受累，但眶尖综合征罕见。以急性筛窦炎临床特征早期就诊可延误转移性疾病的诊断。在此，我们报告一例43岁乳腺癌女性患者，其因颅底和鼻窦转移继发眶尖综合征。
