{"title":"Metastatic large-cell lung carcinoma to the orbit in a 25-year-old nonsmoker.","authors":"D. Jordan, M. Lee-Wing","doi":"10.3928/1542-8877-20021101-10","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Lung cancer commonly affects middle-aged and elderly smokers. Metastatic disease involving the orbit is uncommon. We report the unusual occurrence of a 25-year-old male nonsmoker with an aggressive form of lung cancer who developed metastatic orbital disease involving the medial rectus.","PeriodicalId":19509,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic surgery and lasers","volume":"15 6 1","pages":"488-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ophthalmic surgery and lasers","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3928/1542-8877-20021101-10","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Lung cancer commonly affects middle-aged and elderly smokers. Metastatic disease involving the orbit is uncommon. We report the unusual occurrence of a 25-year-old male nonsmoker with an aggressive form of lung cancer who developed metastatic orbital disease involving the medial rectus.