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6376724

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
Since the malignant nature of many orbital lymphoid infiltrates is difficult to assess from pathologic examination alone, over the past four years lymphocyte surface marker studies have been added to the evaluation of 23 such cases. Only 10 of the 23 could be confidently classified as malignant lymphoma by histology alone. However, monoclonal surface immunoglobulin was found in 15, supporting the pathologic diagnosis of malignancy in eight and adding seven that could not have been diagnosed otherwise. Clinical evaluation, including a median follow-up of 18 months, revealed manifestations of systemic lymphoma in six of those 15; two had been diagnosed only by surface markers. In contrast, only one of eight cases lacking monoclonal surface immunoglobulin exhibited clinical evidence of malignancy (that case was also indeterminate by histologic criteria). The addition of surface marker analysis permits more accurate diagnosis of orbital lymphoma than is possible from pathologic study alone. This technique can suggest the subtype of lymphoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0732-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
856-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Lymphocyte surface markers in orbital lymphoid neoplasms.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't