Choroidal Metastasis with Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Treated with Gefitinib

Abstract

Purpose

To report a case of bilateral regression of choroidal metastasis with adenocarcinoma of the lung treated with gefitinib.

Methods

Retrospective case review of a 68-year-old woman with pulmonary adenocarcinoma with choroidal metastasis who presented with visual loss in the left eye as the initial manifestation. Her visual acuity was 6/6 in the right eye and 6/60 in the left eye before the start of gefitinib administration. Best-corrected visual acuity and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography were compared between baseline and 3 months after treatment.

Results

Best-corrected visual acuity in the left eye had improved to 6/30 3 months after oral gefitinib. The elevated lesions of the right eye disappeared, with decrease of subretinal fluid and retinal pigment epithelial atrophy. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography showed that subretinal fluid of the left eye was also reduced.

Conclusions

Oral gefitinib could be effective for regression of choroidal metastasis in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung and provides a potential treatment option.