A Case of Primary Malignant Lymphoma Occurred in Orbit and Cavernous Sinus.

Song, Seung; Yoon, Kyung Chul; Jeong, Sang Ki

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2003;44(9):2166-2170.
Published online September 1, 2003.

A Case of Primary Malignant Lymphoma Occurred in Orbit and Cavernous Sinus.

Seung Song, Kyung Chul Yoon, Sang Ki Jeong

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University Collese of Medicine Gwangju, Korea. ophyoon@hanmail.net
²Best Eye Clinic, Gwangju, Korea.

해면정맥동과 안와에 발생한 원발성 악성 림프종 1예

송승 ( Song Seung ) , 윤경철 ( Kyung Chul Yoon ) , 정상기 ( Jeong Sang Gi )

Abstract

PURPOSE
Primary malignant lymphoma is rarely occurs in orbit, and it needs systemic evaluation after confirmed diagnosis and radiotherapy or chemotherapy. We report a very rare case of malignant lymphoma occurred in orbit and cavernous sinus METHODS: A 69 year-old male patient was consulted for right blepharoptosis manifested about 2 months ago. Orbital CT revealed 3 X 2 cm sized orbital mass simultaneously involving cavernous sinus. Biopsy and histological examination were performed. RESULTS: The examination showed a diffuse large B cell-type malignant lymphoma, and the mass was markedly reduced by radiation. CONCLUSIONS: We report a rare case of malignant lymphoma simultaneously involving orbit and cavernous sinus with lirerature review. We confirmed it by biopsy and obtained satisfied result by radiation therapy.

Key Words: Cavernous sinus;Orbit;Primary malignant lymphoma;Radation therapy