A freely movable mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in the preaponeurotic space

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct;30(5):e134-6. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182a65080.

Abstract

A 70-year-old man presented with a painless, solitary mass in the left upper eyelid. The mass moved freely in the whole upper eyelid. MRI revealed a 15×10×5 mm sized, well-circumscribed mass in the space between the orbital septum and the levator aponeurosis. The tumor was removed en bloc via a skin crease approach with simultaneous bilateral ptosis repair. The immunohistopathological diagnosis was a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. This is the first case of a freely movable MALT lymphoma in the preaponeurotic space.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Eyelid Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Eyelid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Eyelid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / metabolism
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor