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ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2016

Methotrexate-associated orbital lymphoproliferative disorder in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report.

Yuka Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kimura, Youichiro Fujitsu, Kuniisa Shinkawa, Hiroko Muta, Koh-Hei Sonoda

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Article in Japanese journal of ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuka KobayashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8585, Japan.
Kazuhiro KimuraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8585, Japan. k.kimura@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
Youichiro FujitsuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8585, Japan.
Kuniisa ShinkawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8585, Japan.
Hiroko MutaDepartment of Pathology, Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Kurume, Japan.
Koh-Hei SonodaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8585, Japan.
Yamaguchi University · JPKurume University · JPOgori Daiichi General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) can develop in patients treated with methotrexate (MTX) and usually respond well to MTX withdrawal. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a relatively rare type of MTX-LPD. The development of MTX-LPD in the orbit has not been previously described. We here report a case of orbital MALT lymphoma that disappeared after MTX withdrawal in a patient treated with MTX for rheumatoid arthritis. CASE: A 78-year-old woman who complained of swelling of the left upper eyelid had been treated with MTX for >8 years for rheumatoid arthritis. Slit-lamp examination revealed a temporal subconjunctival mass, salmon pink in color, in the left eye. Fundus photographs also suggested the presence of a temporal tumor in the left orbit. [(18)F]Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography revealed highly integrated lesions in the left inferotemporal orbit and a left external iliac lymph node, a left obturator lymph node, and an inguinal lymph node. Pathologic analysis of a tumor biopsy specimen showed small- and medium-sized lymphocytes positive for CD20, MIB-1, and bcl-2 and negative for CD10, CD3, bcl-1, IgG4, and EBV-ISH. On the basis of these findings, we diagnosed the tumor as MTX-induced MALT lymphoma. The subconjunctival and orbital masses disappeared gradually over 10 months after MTX withdrawal and did not recur within 2 years.

conclusionThis case of orbital MTX-LPD suggests that the possibility of MTX-LPD should be considered even for ocular tumors in patients treated with MTX.

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AgedAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidFemaleHumansLymphoproliferative DisordersMethotrexateOrbital DiseasesPositron-Emission TomographyTomography, X-Ray ComputedAntirheumatic AgentsMethotrexateMalignant lymphomaMethotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (MTX-LPD)Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomaOrbital lymphomaRheumatoid arthritis

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