A Case of Primary Mantle Cell Lymphoma on the Conjunctiva.

Lee, Jin Seok; Song, Sang Wroul; Kim, Man Soo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1999;40(7):2010-2014.
Published online July 1, 1999.

A Case of Primary Mantle Cell Lymphoma on the Conjunctiva.

Jin Seok Lee, Sang Wroul Song, Man Soo Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St.Mary 's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

결막에 발생한 원발성 덮개 세포 림프종(Mantle Cell Lymphoma)1예

이진석(Jin Seok Lee),송상률(Sang Wroul Song),김만수(Man Soo Kim)

Abstract

MCL (Mantle cell lymphoma) is a subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma and has been established as a clinicopathologic entity in 1991. Although the prognosis of MCL is poor because it is systemically disseminated at the time of diagnosis in most patients and responds poorly to chemotherapy, the authors experienced a primary mantle cell lymphoma without systemic lymphadenopathy through chest PA, orbit neck chest abdomen CT, bone marrow biopsy, and bone scan in a 56-year-old man who presented with conjunctival mass in right eye. The patient was treated with surgical excision and radiotherapy due to confinement to the conjunctiva. We also report the case with a recent review of the ophthalmic literature.

Key Words: MCL (Mantle cell lymphoma);Malignant lymphoma;Conjunctival lymphoma;Radiotherapy