Metastatic tumours to the conjunctiva: report of 10 cases.

Abstract

Those with the diagnosis of conjunctival metastasis were selected for further study. We specifically excluded those patients with conjunctival involvement with lymphoid or leukaemic malignancies and those with intraocular extension of uveal melanoma or retinoblastoma. This study was limited to conjunctival metastasis from distant non-contiguous solid tumours. The data evaluated include age, sex, eye(s) involved, visual acuity, clinical appearance, tumour dimensions, ocular treatment, and outcome. The site of the primary tumour, treatment of the primary tumour, and distant metastases were also reviewed. The survival status of each patient was determined. ResultsTen patients were found to have conjunctival metastases. General data on our patients are shown in Table 1. Of the 10 patients, seven were women and three were men. The age of the patients at the time of diagnosis of the conjunctival tumour ranged from 36 to 70 years with a mean age of 56 years and median age of 56 years.The site and type of the primary tumour that metastasised to the conjunctiva was breast carcinoma in four patients, lung in two, cutaneous melanoma in two, and laryngeal Ocular Oncology

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