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Metastatic orbital carcinoid tumors masquerading as “hot” orbit
Bipasha Mukherjee1, Soumya Podury1, Vathsalya Vijay1, Subramanian Krishnakumar2, Md Shahid Alam1
1 Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Larsen and Toubro Department of Ophthalmic Pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee
Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, 18, College Road, Chennai, 600 006 Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2332_20
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We report two patients presenting with acute orbital inflammation as an unusual manifestation of metastatic carcinoid tumors. Neuroimaging revealed rim enhancing lesions mimicking orbital abscesses in both. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic neuroendocrine tumors with primary in the gastrointestinal tract. Atypical presentation of orbital metastases with inflammatory signs of a “hot” orbit is usually misdiagnosed. The clinical features of inflammation may result from the spontaneous release of inflammatory mediators intrinsic to neuroendocrine tumors. In elderly patients with bilateral, multiple extraocular muscle involvement, or acute-onset proptosis with inflammatory signs should alert the clinician to the rare possibility of metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma.
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