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ArticleCureus2023

Orbital Lymphoma Masquerading as Euthyroid Orbitopathy.

Muhammad Waqar Sharif, Sai Mungara, Kelash Bajaj, Pablo Amador, Nuvneet Khandelwal

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad Waqar SharifInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Sai MungaraInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Kelash BajajHematology and Oncology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Pablo AmadorInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Nuvneet KhandelwalHospital Medicine, Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital, Waimea, USA.
Texas Tech University · USThe University of Texas of the Permian Basin · USQueens Hospital Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid eye disease (TED), also called Graves orbitopathy (GO), is the most common diagnosis of orbital tissue inflammation. It is typically associated with the onset of hyperthyroidism, an autoimmune response to excess amounts of thyroid hormone. However, a visible and palpable lump, strictly unilateral or gross asymmetric eye involvement, non-axial (eccentric) proptosis, a lack of lid retraction or lid lag on downward gaze, or weakened muscle function (suggestive of tendon involvement) are the key features of non-TED mediated ocular involvement, as was found in the case we report here. Orbital lymphoma should always be suspected and excluded in all cases of orbital inflammation. Our patient was diagnosed with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma at 27 years of age, two years after the diagnosis of euthyroid ophthalmopathy. This case highlights the need to include space-occupying lesions in the differential diagnosis of proptosis and gaze restrictions, even in younger patients.

Indexed as

bilateral proptosiseuthyroid orbitopathymucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (malt) lymphomaprimary orbital lymphomathyroid-associated orbitopathy

Identifiers

PMID36925990
PMCPMC10011929
OpenAlexW4320077503

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