A Cytologic Diagnosis of Bilateral Orbital Malignant Lymphoma.

Shin, Hyun Kyoo; Song, Beak Ran; Yoo, Joong Ha

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(9):1618-1623.
Published online September 1, 1995.

A Cytologic Diagnosis of Bilateral Orbital Malignant Lymphoma.

Hyun Kyoo Shin, Beak Ran Song, Joong Ha Yoo

Departmeat of Ophthalmology, Inha Hospital, School of Medicine, Inha University, Sungnam, Korea.

세포 흡입술로 진단된 양측 안와 악성 임파종

신현규(Hyun Kyoo Shin),송백란(Beak Ran Song),유중하(Joong Ha Yoo)

Abstract

Malignant lymphoma is a malignant tumor involving the lymphoid cells in lymph node, which also involve the gastrointestineal tract, skin, respiratory system and orbit etc. Malignant lymphoma rarely involves the orbit, furthermore, both orbital involvememt is very rare, whether it is primary or systemic. We experienced a case of systemic malignant lymphoma involving both orbits in a 66-year-old female which was diagnosed with needle aspiration cytology and improved with systemic anticancer drugs. We report this unusual case with literature review.

Key Words: Bilateral orbital involvement;Malignant lymphoma;Needle aspiration cytoloy