Ntim-Amponsah C T
Ophthalmology Unit, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
East Afr Med J. 1996 Mar;73(3):182-6.
Fifty eight cases of ocular tumours and forty cases of Burkitt's lymphoma with ocular involvement from the Eye and Burkitt's units of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital were reviewed. The tumours formed 0.1% of all the new cases seen at the Eye Clinic. Two thirds of tumours that presented at the Eye Clinic occurred in children below the age of 12 years. The three most commonly occurring tumours were retinoblastomas (50%), dermoid cysts (15.5%) and assorted conjunctival tumours (10.3%). The only secondary tumour encountered was orbital squamous cell carcinoma with the primary site in the maxillary antrum. Misconceptions and socioeconomic problems contributed immensely to late diagnosis, difficulties with management, and poor prognosis for both vision and life. Ocular involvement occurred in 40(16%) out of 248 cases of Burkitt's lymphoma from the Burkitt's Unit.
对来自科勒-布教学医院眼科和伯基特淋巴瘤科室的58例眼部肿瘤及40例伴有眼部受累的伯基特淋巴瘤病例进行了回顾。这些肿瘤占眼科诊所所有新病例的0.1%。在眼科诊所就诊的肿瘤病例中，三分之二发生在12岁以下的儿童。最常见的三种肿瘤是视网膜母细胞瘤（50%）、皮样囊肿（15.5%）和各种结膜肿瘤（10.3%）。唯一遇到的继发性肿瘤是眼眶鳞状细胞癌，原发部位在上颌窦。误解和社会经济问题极大地导致了诊断延迟、治疗困难以及视力和生命预后不良。在伯基特淋巴瘤科室的248例伯基特淋巴瘤病例中，有40例（16%）出现眼部受累。
