Cancer metastatic to the orbit: the 2000 Robert M. Curts Lecture.

Purpose: To report the demographics and clinical features of a large series of patients with orbital metastasis.

Methods: Retrospective chart review on 100 consecutive patients and a literature review on orbital metastasis.

Results: Of 100 patients, the primary tumor site was breast in 53 (53%), prostate gland in 12 (12%), lung in 8 (8%), skin (melanoma) in 6 (6%), kidney in 5 (5%), gastrointestinal tract in 5 (5%), choroid (melanoma) in 2 (2%), parotid gland in 1 (1%), and adrenal gland (neuroblastoma) in 1 (1%).