Emily is a health news writer based in London, United Kingdom. She holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Durham University and a master's degree in clinical and therapeutic neuroscience from Oxford University. She has worked in science communication, medical writing and as a local news reporter while undertaking journalism training.
In an extremely rare case, a woman's sudden blindness in one eye turned out to be the first symptom of undiagnosed lung cancer that had spread throughout her body.
During an initial eye exam at the hospital, doctors determined her eyes looked healthy. They were not painful or red and the eye's key structures appeared intact — the lens was clear, and the pupil and iris, or colored part of the eye, didn't show noticeable abnormalities. Finally, a chest X-ray and whole-body scan revealed the culprit — a mass of cancerous tissue growing in the lower part of the woman's right lung. This tumor had spread to multiple other organs, including part of the eyes called the choroid.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Cancer that develops in one part of the body then spreads to another is called metastatic cancer. Most of the time when cancer spreads to the eyes, the migrating tumors lodge themselves into the choroid. However, this rarely occurs in lung cancers, which only migrate to the eyes in around 0.1% to 7% of cases.
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