PRIMARY MALIGNANT B-CELL LYMPHOMA OF THE LACRIMAL SAC

Authors
BROSIG J WARZOK R CLEMENS S
Citation
J. Brosig et al., PRIMARY MALIGNANT B-CELL LYMPHOMA OF THE LACRIMAL SAC, Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde, 212(6), 1998, pp. 473-475
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde
ISSN journal
00232165 → ACNP
Volume
212
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
473 - 475
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-2165(1998)212:6<473:PMBLOT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Case report on a 44-year-old woman in good health with the symptoms of epiphora, a plump elastic, not distressing swelling under the medial canthal tendon of 1 cm size on the right side. In ultrasonography and intraoperatively a tumour of moderate reflectivity with infiltration o f the lacrimal sac was found. The histological evaluation, including i mmunohistochemical studies of the removed lesion, revealed a malignant B-cell lymphoma.