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Orbital lymphoma misdiagnosed as scleritis.

Suzanne E Dorey1, Brian J Clark, Viki A Christopoulos, Susan Lightman.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe two patients in whom orbital lymphoma was misdiagnosed and treated as scleritis.
DESIGN: Two case reports with clinicopathologic correlation.
METHODS: Each patient underwent clinical, radiologic, and histologic assessment. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Histologic confirmation of the diagnosis of orbital lymphoma.
RESULTS: The two patients who had been diagnosed and treated as having scleritis were found to have orbital lymphoma.
CONCLUSION: The differential diagnosis for scleritis should include lymphoma.

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Year:  2002        PMID: 12466182     DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(02)01285-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ophthalmology        ISSN: 0161-6420            Impact factor:   12.079


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1.  Characteristics of orbital lymphoma: a clinicopathological study of 26 cases.

Authors:  Daniel Briscoe; Christine Safieh; Yokrat Ton; Hava Shapiro; Ehud I Assia; Dvora Kidron
Journal:  Int Ophthalmol       Date:  2017-03-31       Impact factor: 2.031

2.  Bilateral anterior and posterior scleritis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.

Authors:  Pujan R Patel; Maureen C Farrell; Ani Peshtani; Meghan K Berkenstock
Journal:  Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep       Date:  2022-03-24
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