Qin Wei, Yin Zhengqin, Madge Simon N
Southwest Eye Hospital/Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing - China.
Eur J Ophthalmol. 2009 Jul-Aug;19(4):679-82. doi: 10.1177/112067210901900425.
An unusual case of nasal-type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTL) of the orbit is reported.
The clinical history, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and biopsy specimen of a 29-year-old man with a right orbital lymphoma were evaluated.
The patient initially presented with conjunctival injection and had flu-like symptoms before developing right proptosis and reduced vision; imaging showed a diffuse infiltrative process throughout the orbit. Orbital biopsy revealed angiodestruction with prominent necrosis, and angiocentric lymphoma growth and lymphoma cells were positively stained for CD3, CD20, CD45RO, CD56, cytotoxic molecules (granzyme B and T-cell intracellular antigen-1), and Epstein-Barr virus.
NKTL is rare and may present acutely; the imaging findings presented serve to highlight the radiologic features of the disease.
报告1例罕见的眼眶鼻型自然杀伤/T细胞淋巴瘤(NKTL)病例。
对1例患有右眼眶淋巴瘤的29岁男性患者的临床病史、计算机断层扫描、磁共振成像和活检标本进行评估。
患者最初表现为结膜充血,在出现右眼球突出和视力下降之前有类似流感的症状;影像学检查显示整个眼眶有弥漫性浸润性病变。眼眶活检显示血管破坏并伴有显著坏死,血管中心性淋巴瘤生长,淋巴瘤细胞对CD3、CD20、CD45RO、CD56、细胞毒性分子(颗粒酶B和T细胞细胞内抗原-1)以及爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒呈阳性染色。
NKTL罕见,可能急性发病;所呈现的影像学表现有助于突出该疾病的放射学特征。