Screening for ophthalmic involvement in asymptomatic patients with metastatic breast carcinoma

Breast carcinoma metastasises to the eye more frequently than is clinically recognised. The incidence is perhaps not appreciated, either because of the more common involvement and consequences of spread to major organs (such as lung, liver, or bone) or because a number of eye lesions are small and asymptomatic. Over a 6-month period, all patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer were screened for ocular involvement and as a...