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F Zwicker1, K Herfarth, J Debus.
Abstract
Retrobulbar metastases from transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder are very rare. This is a case report of palliative radiotherapy successfully reducing acute clinical symptoms such as proptosis, dysfunction of the eye muscles and diplopia in a 50-year-old male patient with a retrobulbar metastasis from transitional cell carcinoma. Radiotherapy quickly ameliorated the proptosis and dysfunction of the eye muscles without side effects. The patient's quality of life was clearly improved.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 17541601 DOI: 10.1007/s00347-007-1531-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ophthalmologe ISSN: 0941-293X Impact factor: 1.059