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Conjunctival lymphoma during pregnancy: a case report

BACKGROUND: To present a case of conjunctival lymphoma in a young woman complicated by pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 38-year-old previously healthy woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive right blepharoptosis. Giant papillomatous sessile masses were identified in the upper and lower f...

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Autores principales: Ong, Sherine Jue, Jung, Shih-Ming, Lin, Hsin-Chiung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-017-0518-z
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: To present a case of conjunctival lymphoma in a young woman complicated by pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 38-year-old previously healthy woman presented with a 2-year history of progressive right blepharoptosis. Giant papillomatous sessile masses were identified in the upper and lower fornix bilaterally and involved the tarsus of the right upper lid. The remaining ophthalmic examination was unremarkable. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry showed mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma with immunoglobulin kappa monotype. Further workup showed no evidence of systemic lymphoma or orbital involvement. CONCLUSIONS: Partial regrowth of conjunctival lymphoma occurred 6 months after excision and the MALT lymphoma remained indolent during the course of her pregnancy without radiotherapy.