Ocular involvement in Castleman's disease. Response to radiotherapy.
A 21-year-old man with known Castleman's disease, a lymphoproliferative disorder with both local and systemic manifestations, presented with decreased vision in the left eye and chromatopsia. He had infiltration of the left disc and choroid with elevation of the retina, multiple bilateral depigmented areas at the level of the choroid or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) (also thought to represent infiltrates), and left exophthalmos. A serious retinal detachment (RD) evolved, but then responded to radiotherapy, with recovery of good vision. Occult leptomeningeal involvement resolved during a period of observation. There was no systemic evidence of malignant lymphoma.
Gittinger
J W
JW
Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
D000328:Adult; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity