A Case of Primary Mantle Cell Lymphoma on the Conjunctiva.
- Author:
Jin Seok LEE
1
;
Sang Wroul SONG
;
Man Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St.Mary 's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
MCL (Mantle cell lymphoma);
Malignant lymphoma;
Conjunctival lymphoma;
Radiotherapy
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
B-Lymphocytes;
Biopsy;
Bone Marrow;
Conjunctiva*;
Diagnosis;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell*;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Orbit;
Prognosis;
Radiotherapy;
Thorax
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1999;40(7):2010-2014
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
MCL (Mantle cell lymphoma) is a subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma and has been established as a clinicopathologic entity in 1991. Although the prognosis of MCL is poor because it is systemically disseminated at the time of diagnosis in most patients and responds poorly to chemotherapy, the authors experienced a primary mantle cell lymphoma without systemic lymphadenopathy through chest PA, orbit neck chest abdomen CT, bone marrow biopsy, and bone scan in a 56-year-old man who presented with conjunctival mass in right eye. The patient was treated with surgical excision and radiotherapy due to confinement to the conjunctiva. We also report the case with a recent review of the ophthalmic literature.
