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要約 目的:転移性眼窩腫瘍の頻度自体は高くないものの,原発巣としては乳癌が最も多いことが知られている。今回,眼症状を初発とした原発性乳癌の1例を経験したので報告する。
症例:58歳,女性。来院7か月前から右眼の歪視を自覚し,1か月前から上方視野の欠損を認めたため受診した。
所見:初診時の視力は右(1.0)で,右眼の眼球突出,上転障害・内転制限,眼圧上昇(28mmHg)を呈した。眼底所見にて視神経乳頭および黄斑下方の隆起性病変と,光干渉断層計(OCT)にて同部位の脈絡膜側からの隆起と網脈絡膜の皺襞を認めた。Goldmann動的視野検査で右眼傍中心暗点,眼窩CT・MRIにて右眼窩筋円錐内に直径18mmの球形腫瘍性病変を認めた。問診にて左胸部にしこりがあると判明し,乳腺外科・脳神経外科と連携して全身検索を行ったところ,左乳腺外側に4.5cm大の腫瘤が発見された。針生検にてエストロゲン受容体,プロゲステロン受容体がともに陽性であったことから,原発乳癌と診断した。眼窩腫瘍生検においても,免疫組織化学所見より乳癌の眼窩内転移と診断した。その後,ホルモン療法と分子標的薬の併用療法を行った結果,眼窩内病変は縮小し,眼球運動障害・眼球突出の軽減,および視神経圧迫が解除され,傍中心暗点は消失した。初診から20か月後の現在も原発巣と転移巣はコントロールされ,経過している。
結論:眼窩腫瘍では転移性病変を常に念頭に置き,眼症状を契機とした全身精査が重要である。
Abstract Purpose:Orbital metastasis from breast carcinoma is relatively rare;however, breast cancer is the most common primary source of metastatic orbital tumors. Here, we report a case of primary breast carcinoma that initially presented with ocular symptoms secondary to orbital metastasis.
Case:A 58-year-old woman presented with a seven-month history of distorted right eye vision and one-month history of a superior visual field defect. Initial examination showed a right visual acuity 1.0. Right eye proptosis was observed, accompanied by elevation and adduction restriction, and intraocular pressure was elevated to 28 mmHg. Fundus examination revealed an elevated lesion involving the optic disc and inferior macular area. Optical coherence tomography revealed choroidal elevation and undulation of the retinal-choroidal complex at the corresponding site. Goldmann perimetry revealed paracentral scotoma in the right eye. Orbital magnetic resonance imaging revealed a well-defined spherical mass(18 mm in diameter) within the intraconal space of the right orbit.
During the interview, the patient reported a palpable mass in the left breast. Systemic evaluation in collaboration with the breast surgery and neurosurgery departments identified a 4.5 cm mass in the outer quadrant of the left breast. Core needle biopsy confirmed invasive breast carcinoma positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors. Orbital tumor biopsy and immunohistochemical findings were consistent with those of metastatic breast carcinoma.
The patient underwent combined endocrine and targeted molecular therapies, significantly shrinking the orbital lesion, improving ocular motility restriction and proptosis, and resolving optic nerve compression and paracentral scotoma. Twenty months after the initial visit, the primary and metastatic lesions remained well-controlled without recurrence.
Conclusion:Metastatic disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis in evaluating orbital tumors. Systemic investigations based on ocular findings may be crucial in the early detection of primary malignancies.

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