Masquerade syndrome: An eye problem as a manifestation of a more sinister disease. / Síndrome de mascarada: un problema ocular como manifestación de un mal mayor.

ABSTRACT

A middle-aged man with cardiovascular risk factors, who suffered from a slight loss of unilateral vision for 6 months. After obtaining a diagnosis of diffuse choroiditis+papillitis within a probable masquerade syndrome, the patient was referred to outpatient Internal Medicine where this diagnosis was confirmed as an extended neoplastic disease.