PURPOSE: To describe the clinical course of a patient with multiple recurrences of primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL). DESIGN: Interventional case report, METHODS: Retrospective chart review. RESULTS: A 57-year-old female treated with multiple intravitreal methotrexate injections became refractory to intravitreal methotrexate after a year. Lymphoma cells evaluated using immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy showed aberrant multidrug resistance-related protein (MRP) and decreased reduced folate carrier (RFC) and folate binding protein (FBP) expression compared to PIOL cells from another patient clinically responsive to methotrexate. CONCLUSIONS: This case suggests that alterations in the transport of methotrexate across the cell membrane might contribute to resistance following repeated intravitreal injections.
PURPOSE: To describe the clinical course of a patient with multiple recurrences of primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL). DESIGN: Interventional case report, METHODS: Retrospective chart review. RESULTS: A 57-year-old female treated with multiple intravitreal methotrexate injections became refractory to intravitreal methotrexate after a year. Lymphoma cells evaluated using immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy showed aberrant multidrug resistance-related protein (MRP) and decreased reduced folate carrier (RFC) and folate binding protein (FBP) expression compared to PIOL cells from another patient clinically responsive to methotrexate. CONCLUSIONS: This case suggests that alterations in the transport of methotrexate across the cell membrane might contribute to resistance following repeated intravitreal injections.
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