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ArticleRetinal cases & brief reports2010

Primary intraocular (retinal) lymphoma after ocular toxoplasmosis.

Theodor C Sauer, Sanford M Meyers, Defen Shen, Sara Vegh, Charles Vygantas, Chi-Chao Chan

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Article in Retinal cases & brief reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theodor C SauerFrom the *Immunopathology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; †Retina Consultants, Des Plaines, Illinois; and ‡Retina Consultants, Libertyville, Illinois.
Sanford M Meyers
Defen Shen
Sara Vegh
Charles Vygantas
Chi-Chao Chan
California Retina Consultants · US

Funding

Histopathology CoreZICEY000461 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI SCHNEEWEIS, DAVID · 2009 to 2022
$7.7M
Molecular And Immunopathology Of Experimental And Clinical Ocular DiseasesZIAEY000222 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI CHAN, CHI-CHAO · 2009 to 2015
$7.2M
Molecular And Immunopathology Of Ocular DiseasesZ01EY000222 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI CHAN, CHI-CHAO · 1986 to 2008
$3.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 EY000222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeToxoplasmosis gondii is a common worldwide parasite that presents in the eye with focal retinochoriditis and vitritis. Although it is rare, ocular toxoplasmosis has been linked to primary intraocular (retinal) lymphoma, which is mostly a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

methodsAn elderly female patient was treated for recurrent ocular toxoplasmosis, and because of progressive vitritis, a diagnostic vitrectomy was performed. Shortly afterward, she developed multiple brain lesions. Pathologic examinations of the vitreous specimen and cerebral tissues were conducted, including tests for T. gondii, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus DNA.

resultsThe patient initially responded to antitoxoplasmosis treatment but continued to have persistent vitritis. She was diagnosed with primary intraocular lymphoma, and a repeated magnetic resonance imaging revealed cerebral lesions. Brain biopsy confirmed lymphoma. T. gondii DNA was found in malignant vitreous cells but was absent in the nonmalignant vitreous cells and brain lymphoma cells. The cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus genes were not found in any of the lymphoma cells.

conclusionT. gondii may have played a role in lymphoproliferation and primary intraocular lymphoma development.

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PMCPMC2865161
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