Large cell orbital lymphoma in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Case report and review

Ophthalmology. 1990 Nov;97(11):1494-8. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(90)32398-9.

Abstract

Despite the protean ocular manifestations of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), orbital involvement is rare and only one previous case of orbital non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been documented. We report a second case of NHL (large cell) of the orbit in a 28-year-old patient with a 4-year history of AIDS and review the context in which this lesion presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • DNA Restriction Enzymes
  • DNA, Neoplasm / isolation & purification
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
  • Genes, Immunoglobulin / genetics
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / etiology*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / genetics
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology
  • Male
  • Orbital Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / genetics
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • DNA Restriction Enzymes