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ArticleOcular oncology and pathology2019

Insights from a Case of Vitreoretinal Lymphoma.

Bertil E Damato, Gregory J Bever, Armin R Afshar, James L Rubenstein

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Article in Ocular oncology and pathology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Vitreoretinal lymphoma presenting as amaurosis fugax.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2025
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  7. Lymphoma masquerading as occlusive retinal vasculitis: A case study.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bertil E DamatoOcular Oncology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Gregory J BeverOcular Oncology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Armin R AfsharOcular Oncology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
James L RubensteinDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PURPOSE/

backgroundThe aim of this study was to report a patient with vitreoretinal lymphoma with clinical features providing hypothesis-generating insights into the pathophysiology of this disease.

methodsClinical history and imaging studies (i.e., fundus photography, optical coherence tomography, fundus autofluorescence, and fluorescein angiography) were documented.

resultsA 71-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of blurred vision in the right eye and bilateral vitreous infiltrates unresponsive to topical and systemic steroids. Vitreous biopsy of the left eye was diagnostic for lymphoma. Bulky subretinal deposits in the right eye responded to systemic therapy. The left fundus showed diffuse hypoautofluorescence and punctate, hyperfluorescent sub-retinal pigment epithelial tumor deposits, which resolved leaving hypoautofluorescent atrophic retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) scars, except inferotemporally, where retinal vasculopathy had occurred.

conclusionsThe clinical features suggest that occlusion of the inferotemporal retinal arteriole prevented sub-RPE lymphomatous deposits and subsequent RPE atrophy in this area of vascular nonperfusion. This suggests that "primary" vitreoretinal lymphoma is secondary to hematogenous spread from systemic loci. This finding, together with the ocular tumor control achieved entirely by systemic therapy, indicates scope for studies investigating systemic treatment protocols, especially those including immune-modulatory agents.

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LymphomaRetinal disease

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PMID30675472
PMCPMC6341330
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