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Primary ovarian adenocarcinoma presenting with rubeotic glaucoma and vitritis: A case report.

Nakhleh E Abu-YaghiAsma AljesrawiManar AlafeshatBaraa MafrachiNisreen Abu Shahin
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
Ovarian adenocarcinoma is an unusual cause of head or brain metastasis and seeding to the eye ball is extremely rare. A high index of suspicion and a careful ophthalmic examination can guide the patient work up. In this particular case, rubeotic glaucoma and vitritis antedated the diagnosis of ovarian malignancy.
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