Abstract
Primary oculocerebral non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of the immunocompetent patient is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but early diagnosis and follow-up may improve prognosis. The eye, anatomically and embryologically part of the central nervous system (CNS), can be the primary site of the lymphomatous process. In patients with symptoms of atypical uveitis, vitrectomy can be of great help for early diagnosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma. We retrospectively reviewed the diagnostic features, treatment, and evolution of 10 patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma who presented with symptoms of pseudouveitis. The patients complained of chronic vitreal opacities, increasing with time. These symptoms contrasted with the absence of the usual signs of inflammation of the anterior segment or of the retina, which characterize true uveitis. Vitrectomy was proposed after lumbar puncture and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. Six vitrectomies were carried out, 3 patients had a stereotaxic biopsy, and 1 patient had a cardiac biopsy. A pathologic diagnosis of large B-cell lymphoma was made on vitrectomy specimens in 100% of the patients who had this procedure. The mean time from onset of ocular sy...Continue Reading
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