# Five-Year Follow-Up of Choroidal Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma Harboring Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutation: A Case Report and Literature Review

**Authors:** Koki Nakashima, Yoshiki Demura, Toshihiko Tada, Tamotsu Ishizuka

PMC · DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66537 · 2024-08-09

## TL;DR

A 71-year-old man with lung cancer and eye metastasis lived five years without recurrence after targeted and chemotherapy treatments.

## Contribution

This case report provides a rare five-year follow-up of choroidal metastasis from EGFR-mutant lung cancer.

## Key findings

- The patient's vision improved with afatinib as first-line treatment.
- Choroidal metastasis did not recur for 61 months with sequential therapies.
- Long-term management insights are offered for similar cases.

## Abstract

This is a long-term follow-up case report of a 71-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma and choroidal metastasis harboring an epidermal growth factor receptor mutation. Blurry vision, caused by the choroidal metastasis, improved with first-line treatment with afatinib. Thereafter, osimertinib was administered as a second-line treatment, then chemotherapy containing pemetrexed plus bevacizumab as a third-line treatment. For 61 months, recurrence of choroidal metastasis was absent.

Only a few reports of lung cancer with choroidal metastasis provide long-term follow-up of more than five years. Therefore, the clinical course of this patient may provide some insights for long-term management in such cases.

## Linked entities

- **Genes:** EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) [NCBI Gene 1956]
- **Chemicals:** afatinib (PubChem CID 10184653), osimertinib (PubChem CID 71496458), pemetrexed (PubChem CID 135410875)
- **Diseases:** lung adenocarcinoma (MONDO:0005061)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) [NCBI Gene 1956] {aka ERBB, ERBB1, ERRP, HER1, NISBD2, NNCIS}
- **Diseases:** Lung Adenocarcinoma (MESH:D000077192), Choroidal Metastasis (MESH:D009362), Blurry vision (MESH:D014786), lung cancer (MESH:D008175)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

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