THERAPEUTIC VITRECTOMY AS AN ADJUNCT TREATMENT TO SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY FOR INTRAOCULAR LYMPHOMA

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2020 Spring;14(2):116-119. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000668.

Abstract

Purpose: To report the outcome of a previously vitrectomized eye having less lymphoma disease burden compared with the contralateral nonvitrectomized eye over the course of 3.5 years while on systemic chemotherapy.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 51-year-old man with vitreoretinal lymphoma with central nervous system involvement underwent vitrectomy in his left eye. Over the following 3.5 years on systemic chemotherapy, the left eye had less lymphoma disease burden compared with the contralateral nonvitrectomized right eye.

Conclusion: Therapeutic vitrectomy may be a useful adjunct to systemic chemotherapy in vitreoretinal lymphoma, particularly in cases of vitreous predominant disease manifestation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Lymphoma / diagnosis
  • Intraocular Lymphoma / therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vitrectomy / methods*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents