[Atypical non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the conjunctiva as an incidental finding in lower lid entropion].
OBJECTIVE
We want to demonstrate an unusual conjunctival Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma with bleedings.


METHODS
A 77-year-old female patient presented with an entropion of the left lower eye-lid. Bilaterally reddish, soft tumors showed in the lower fornices with circumscript bleedings. On account of an absolute arrhythmia of the heart the patient has been on a medication of cumarine-derivates since 9 years. Histologically we found underneath the epithelium densely packed lymphocytic cells with small uniform nuclei intermingled with many erythrocytes. The immunohistological investigations revealed a Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma of B-cell origin.


CONCLUSIONS
Bleedings in a conjunctival Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma can alter the clinical aspect of the tumor. It is necessary to inspect each entropion thoroughly in order to rule out any other pathological lesions.
Küper
K D
KD
Abt. I (Allgemeine Augenheilkunde mit Poliklinik, Universitäts-Augenklinik Tübingen.
Rohrbach
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004774:Entropion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
Untypisches Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom der Bindehaut als Zufallsbefund bei Unterlidentropium.