Research Article

Optical Coherence Tomography: An Adjunctive Tool for Differentiating between Choroidal Melanoma and Metastasis

Table 2

Oncologic features of choroidal metastases in 21 eyes of 21 patients.

FeatureMetastasis ()

Primary tumor, (%)
 Breast 7 (33.3)
 NSCLC6 (28.6)
 Other, (%)8 (38.1)
 Carcinoma of tonsils1 (4.8)
 Carcinoma of thyroid2 (9.5)
 Carcinoma of esophagus1 (4.8)
 Carcinoma of parotid1 (4.8)
 Carcinoma of prostate1 (4.8)
 Renal cell carcinoma1 (4.8)
 Ewing sarcoma1 (4.8)
Extraocular metastases, (%)
 Yes14 (67)
 No7 (33)
Presenting symptom, (%)
 Ocular 3 (14)
 Extraocular18 (86)

NSCLC = non-small cell lung cancer.