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Journal Articles: Ophthalmology

2015

Metastasis

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Combined Systemic And Ocular Chemotherapy For Anterior Segment Metastasis Of Systemic Mantle Cell Lymphoma., Aniruddha Agarwal, Mohammad Ali Sadiq, William R. Rhoades, Loren S. Jack, Mostafa Hanout, Philip J. Bierman, William W. West, Quan Dong Nguyen Dec 2015

Combined Systemic And Ocular Chemotherapy For Anterior Segment Metastasis Of Systemic Mantle Cell Lymphoma., Aniruddha Agarwal, Mohammad Ali Sadiq, William R. Rhoades, Loren S. Jack, Mostafa Hanout, Philip J. Bierman, William W. West, Quan Dong Nguyen

Journal Articles: Ophthalmology

BACKGROUND: Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that rarely metastasizes to the iris and the anterior segment. Blastic/pleomorphic morphology is thought to have an adverse effect on prognosis in MCL. MCL is resistant to conventional chemotherapeutic regimens with a tendency for multiple relapses. Management of anterior segment metastasis of systemic MCL has not been described in literature.

FINDINGS: A 58-year-old male presented with an aggressive, relapsing, metastatic, systemic blastic variant of MCL with ocular involvement. At the time of initial presentation, large tumor cells were visible in the anterior chamber (AC) along with hypopyon and …