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Ocular manifestation of hairy cell leukemia with dramatic response to 2-chloro-deoxy-adenosine
A Robinson1, E Eting, A Zeidman
1Department of Ophthalmology, Golda Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital, Petach-Tikva, Israel.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|January 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
To demonstrate that hairy cell leukemia may involve the eye.
Methods:
We examined a patient who had a unique ocular manifestation of hairy cell leukemia with severe panuveitis in one eye and leukemic retinopathy in the fellow eye.
Results:
Therapy with 2-chloro-deoxy-adenosine, a drug recently introduced for treatment of hairy cell leukemia, led to dramatic improvement of the ocular complications.
Conclusions:
Hairy cell leukemia may involve the eye and ocular symptoms may respond to systemic treatment with 2-chloro-deoxy-adenosine.