Orbital lymphoma mimicking optic nerve meningioma. Academic Article

abstract

• PURPOSE: To describe two patients with orbital lymphoma mimicking optic nerve meningioma. METHODS: Retrospective case review. RESULTS: Both patients presented in their sixth decade with gradually increasing proptosis and decreasing vision. Computerized tomography revealed homogeneous masses encasing the optic nerves, which in conjunction with the clinical presentations were felt to represent optic nerve meningiomas. Biopsy, however, led to a diagnosis of lymphoma of mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue origin in one and a well-differentiated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the other. CONCLUSION: Orbital lymphoma surrounding the optic nerve may mimic the clinical and radiological appearance of an optic nerve meningioma.

authors

• Crompton, John

published proceedings

• Orbit

author list (cited authors)

• Selva, D., Rootman, J., & Crompton, J.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Selva, Dinesh||Rootman, Jack||Crompton, John

publication date

• June 2004

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Orbit: the international journal on orbital disorders, oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery  Journal

keywords

• Biopsy
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
• Lymphoma, B-cell, Marginal Zone
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Meningeal Neoplasms
• Meningioma
• Middle Aged
• Optic Nerve Neoplasms
• Orbital Neoplasms
• Retrospective Studies
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed

PubMed Central ID

• 15545125

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/01676830490501703

start page

• 115

end page

• 120

volume

• 23

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01676830490501703