Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Eyelid in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Christopher K. Hwang, Emory University; Mark R. Melson, Emory University; Hans Grossniklaus, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2011-05
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2011, British Medical Journal Publishing Group
• Final Published Version (URL): http://bjo.bmj.com/content/95/5/739
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: British Journal of Ophthalmology
• ISSN: 0007-1161
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 5
• Start Page: 739
• End Page: 754
• Grant/Funding Information: National Eye Institute : NEI; Supported in part by an unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., and NIH NEI P30 06360
• Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Eyelids; Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma; Rituximab; Orbit; c-Myc Gene
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Opthamology; Health Sciences, Pathology

Abstract

A 49-year-old man was evaluated for rapidly enlarging left lower eyelid and left neck masses. Biopsies of the masses showed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). He tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The patient was treated with chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy, and the masses reduced in size.