Masquerade syndrome: An eye problem as a manifestation of a more sinister disease

M C Muñoz Reyes; J M Romero Requena; Y G Piña Alcántara; J Bueno Álvarez-Arenas; A Ortiz Cansado

doi:10.1016/j.oftal.2018.06.015

Masquerade syndrome: An eye problem as a manifestation of a more sinister disease

Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed). 2019 Jan;94(1):50-52. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2018.06.015. Epub 2018 Aug 10.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

M C Muñoz Reyes¹, J M Romero Requena², Y G Piña Alcántara³, J Bueno Álvarez-Arenas⁴, A Ortiz Cansado²

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Badajoz, España. Electronic address: carmenmure88@gmail.com.
² Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Badajoz, España.
³ Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Badajoz, España.
⁴ Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, Badajoz, España.

PMID: 30104072
DOI: 10.1016/j.oftal.2018.06.015

Abstract

A middle-aged man with cardiovascular risk factors, who suffered from a slight loss of unilateral vision for 6 months. After obtaining a diagnosis of diffuse choroiditis+papillitis within a probable masquerade syndrome, the patient was referred to outpatient Internal Medicine where this diagnosis was confirmed as an extended neoplastic disease.

Keywords: Inflamación ocular; Metastasis; Metástasis; Neoplasia ureteral; Ocular inflammation; Sarcoidosis; Ureteral cancer; Uveitis; Uveítis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma / complications*
Carcinoma / diagnosis
Choroiditis / diagnosis
Choroiditis / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Hydronephrosis / complications
Hydronephrosis / diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Papilledema / diagnosis*
Papilledema / etiology*
Syndrome
Ureteral Neoplasms / complications*
Ureteral Neoplasms / diagnosis
Uveitis / diagnosis