Orbital lymphoma misdiagnosed as scleritis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To describe two patients in whom orbital lymphoma was misdiagnosed and treated as scleritis. Two case reports with clinicopathologic correlation. Each patient underwent clinical, radiologic, and histologic assessment. Histologic confirmation of the diagnosis of orbital lymphoma. The two patients who had been diagnosed and treated as having scleritis were found to have orbital lymphoma. The differential diagnosis for scleritis should include lymphoma.
Medical subject headings
- Diagnostic Errors
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
- Orbital Neoplasms
- Scleritis