Photosensitivity and double vision as initial symptoms of colon cancer

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Feb 9:2015:bcr2014205245. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205245.

Abstract

A 75-year-old man suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, myxoedema and type II diabetes mellitus, presented with occasional double vision and photosensitivity. The patient underwent an MRI of the brain showing a tumour located in the right of the sphenoid bone. A subsequent diagnostic CT scan of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis revealed a left-sided colon tumour, which biopsy proved as being an adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diplopia / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Photosensitivity Disorders / etiology*
  • Sphenoid Bone
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed