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ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports2018

A case of primary extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma in the orbit and intraocular tissues with cerebrospinal fluid involvement.

Arisa Okada, Yosuke Harada, Tomoko Inoue, Yoshiko Okikawa, Tatsuo Ichinohe, Yoshiaki Kiuchi

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Article in American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arisa OkadaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Yosuke HaradaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tomoko InoueDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Yoshiko OkikawaDepartment of Hematology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tatsuo IchinoheDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Yoshiaki KiuchiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JPHiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report a rare case of primary orbital natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma without nasal lesions but with cerebrospinal fluid involvement. OBSERVATIONS: A 73-year-old woman was referred to the uveitis clinic with suspected unilateral acute uveitis in her right eye and a right orbital tumor. Epstein-Barr virus DNA was detected in the aqueous humor in her right eye, and orbital biopsy revealed the presence of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL), nasal type. Positron emission tomography showed significant CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: A few cases of ocular-tissue ENKTL have been reported, mostly involving invasion or dissemination of primary nasal lesions; in contrast, primary orbital and intraocular ENKTL has rarely been reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a primary orbital ENKTL metastasizing to the vitreous of the contralateral eye. Although ENKTL is rare in the orbit and intraocular tissues, it should be considered as a possible differential diagnosis in patients with orbital tumors or intraocular inflammation resistant to steroid therapy because ENKTL has a very poor prognosis in the advanced stage.

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Epstein–Barr virusMalignant lymphomaNatural killer/T-cell lymphomaUveitis

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PMID29978138
PMCPMC6026719
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