CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2017; 12(04): 766-768
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.185055
Case Report

A rare case of aggressive, huge primary orbital lymphoma with intracranial extension and bone invasion

Prabu Sriram
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
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Primary orbital lymphoma is a rare entity with only 1% of extranodal lymphomas. They usually present to ophthalmologist and surgical reserved for biopsy or tissue diagnosis. We present a patient who was referred to neurosurgery for a rapid growing orbital lymphoma. It grows from a small nodule in the eyelid to a huge, aggressive, disfiguring lesion invading bone and dura with intracranial extension within 3 months. The patient was treated with total surgical excision followed by systemic chemotherapy.



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Article published online:
20 September 2022

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