Large cell lymphoma masquerading as a viral retinitis

Int Ophthalmol. 1990 Oct;14(5-6):413-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00163568.

Abstract

A 37 year old woman presented with a bilateral vitritis. 4 months previously, she had developed in her left eye a necrotizing retinitis compatible with acute retinal necrosis (ARN). A trial of Acyclovir was unsuccessful as were systemic steroids. Over the following 2 months the vitritis worsened. The patient underwent a diagnostic vitrectomy revealing the presence of a large B-cell lymphoma with a predominance of lambda light chains.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Eye Infections, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / immunology
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / complications
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / immunology
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology
  • Retinitis / diagnosis*
  • Retinitis / etiology
  • Vitrectomy

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains