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Table 1 Case reports of cancer associated retinopathy with breast cancer

From: Cancer-associated retinopathy after surgery for breast cancer: a case report and review of the literature

Author

Age

Symptom

Diagnosis of BC

Stage of BC

Chemotherapy

Treatment of CAR

Antibody

From CAR onset to treatment

Course

Pathology

Holz FG(1997) [3]

53

Blurred vision/reduce of dark adaptation paracentral scotoma

5 years 1 month before

T2N0M0

Done (epirubicin/treosulfan)

Steroid therapy methotrexate

Recoverin: -

No record

No remission

No record

62

Photopsia photosensitivity blurred vision

6 years before

T1bN0M0

 

Steroid therapy methotrexate

No performed

4 months

No remission

No record

Ejma M(2008) [4]

54

Decreased vision in the dark photopsia photosensitivity

8 months before

T4dN0M+

Done (FAC)

None

Recoverin: -

α-enolase: +

GCAPs: -

retinal arrestin: -

No remission (died)

No record

Anastasakis(2011) [5]

62

Shimmering Photopsia myodesopsia

2 months after

TxNxM+(PUL,PAN)

Done (no record)

Chemotherapy

No performed

2 months

Normalized

Lobular ca.

present case

50

Decreased vision

photopsia photosensitivity

defect of visual field

30 days before

T2N1M0

Done (CDDP+VP16,EC,DTX)

Steroid therapy

Recoverin: -

59 days

Improved

Invasive ca. with neuroendocrine features

  1. BC Breast cancer, FAC Fluorouracil and doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, CDDP cisplatin, VP-16 Etoposide, EC Epirubicin and cyclophosphamide, DTX Docetaxel, PUL Pulmonary, PAN pancreas