Eyelid Swelling: Rare Metastasis from Breast Cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is the first cancer associated with skin metastases in women. Eyelid metastases are a very rare variety, difficult to diagnose with often poor prognosis. The authors report a rare case of a 54-year-old patient followed for an early metastatic breast cancer, who has presented for 7 months with swelling of the upper eyelid of the right eye. These palpebral metastases occur first as part of a polymetastasis of breast cancer or bladder cancer. Diagnosis is difficult, imaging plays a key role in guiding diagnosis