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Ocular lymphoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
1Department of Opthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|August 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
To treat large-cell lymphoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and bilateral vitreous cells.
Methods:
The patient underwent a diganostic vitrectomy.
Results:
Biopsy of the vitreous specimen disclosed large B-cell lymphoma. Large B-cell lymphoma occurring in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia is referred to as Richter's syndrome.
Conclusions:
Large-cell lymphoma of Richter's syndrome can occur in the eye. This case expands the clinical spectrum of organ involvement in Richter's syndrome.