PURPOSE: To describe two cases of vitreous metastases of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL). METHODS: Observational case series. RESULTS: A 73-year-old man and an 81-year-old woman, both with a history of PCBCL, diffuse large cell type, presented with decreased visual acuity due to vitritis. Both patients underwent vitreous biopsy that demonstrated B-cell lymphoma, large cell type, and confirmed metastases of cutaneous B-cell lymphoma to the vitreous. CONCLUSION: PCBCL, diffuse large cell type, is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that can metastasize to the vitreous without visible chorioretinal involvement.
PURPOSE: To describe two cases of vitreous metastases of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL). METHODS: Observational case series. RESULTS: A 73-year-old man and an 81-year-old woman, both with a history of PCBCL, diffuse large cell type, presented with decreased visual acuity due to vitritis. Both patients underwent vitreous biopsy that demonstrated B-cell lymphoma, large cell type, and confirmed metastases of cutaneous B-cell lymphoma to the vitreous. CONCLUSION:PCBCL, diffuse large cell type, is a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that can metastasize to the vitreous without visible chorioretinal involvement.
Authors: Rein Willemze; Elaine S Jaffe; Günter Burg; Lorenzo Cerroni; Emilio Berti; Steven H Swerdlow; Elisabeth Ralfkiaer; Sergio Chimenti; José L Diaz-Perez; Lyn M Duncan; Florent Grange; Nancy Lee Harris; Werner Kempf; Helmut Kerl; Michael Kurrer; Robert Knobler; Nicola Pimpinelli; Christian Sander; Marco Santucci; Wolfram Sterry; Maarten H Vermeer; Janine Wechsler; Sean Whittaker; Chris J L M Meijer Journal: Blood Date: 2005-02-03 Impact factor: 22.113