Abstract
Objective:
To describe two patients in whom orbital lymphoma was misdiagnosed and treated as scleritis.
Design:
Two case reports with clinicopathologic correlation.
Methods:
Each patient underwent clinical, radiologic, and histologic assessment.
Main outcome measure:
Histologic confirmation of the diagnosis of orbital lymphoma.
Results:
The two patients who had been diagnosed and treated as having scleritis were found to have orbital lymphoma.
Conclusion:
The differential diagnosis for scleritis should include lymphoma.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Diagnostic Errors*
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Humans
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Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy
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Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / metabolism
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Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / radiotherapy
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / diagnosis*
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / metabolism
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / radiotherapy
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis*
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Orbital Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Orbital Neoplasms / metabolism
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Orbital Neoplasms / radiotherapy
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Scleritis / diagnosis*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed