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Burkitt lymphoma manifesting as acute proptosis
1Department of Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Purpose:
To describe an unusual case of Burkitt lymphoma manifesting as acute proptosis and simulating orbital inflammatory disease.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 24-year-old Chinese man developed painful severe nonaxial proptosis in his left eye during 1 day. Computed tomographic scan disclosed an orbital mass that was shown to be Burkitt lymphoma when biopsy was performed. The disease progressed rapidly despite chemotherapy.
Conclusions:
Our case supports the fact that Burkitt lymphoma can manifest as acute proptosis and expands the spectrum of clinical presentation of Burkitt lymphoma.
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