title: Orbital and conjunctival lymphoma treatment and prognosis.
abstract: 115 patients with lymphoid tumours presenting in the orbit were seen between 1970 and 1984. The histological types were high-grade malignant lymphoma--18, low-grade malignant lymphoma--43, and indeterminate lymphocytic lesions--54. Eighteen patients were found to have disseminated lymphoma at presentation. The majority of the patients received radiotherapy to the orbit; local control was achieved in all cases and the ocular morbidity from radiotherapy was low with 11 patients developing lens opacities and 5 a dry eye. Survival of patients with stage I low-grade lymphoma and indeterminate lymphocytic lesions was similar to that of a normal population of the same age distribution. The clinic features and dissemination pattern of the low-grade malignant lymphomata and the indeterminate lymphocytic lesions were identical, suggesting that most, if not all, lymphoid masses presenting in the orbit are neoplastic rather than reactive in nature.
authors.affiliation: Hogarth Centre of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bessell
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Henk
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Whitelocke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage