OCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS-ASSOCIATED T-CELL LYMPHOMA

PURPOSE: To determine if serous retinal detachment may occur in a case of Epstein-Barr virus-associated T-cell lymphoma. METHODS: We examine d a 51-year-old man who had recent. loss of vision and poor general he alth. RESULTS: Ocular involvement consisted of bilateral serous retina l detachment: and choroidal infiltrates. The diagnosis of lymphoma was made by liver biopsy. The course of the disease was fulminant. Postmo rtem histologic examination disclosed a massive infiltration of the ch oroid and hematopoietic organs by pleomorphic large T cells. Epstein-B arr virus was detected by in situ hybridization. CONCLUSION: Ocular in volvement, including choroidal infiltrates and serous retinal detachme nt, may occur in Epstein-Barr virus-associated T-cell lymphoma.