title: Bilateral ocular involvement as a presentation of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
abstract: We describe a 54 years old female with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia who presented with a bilateral ocular involvement. Ophthalmic involvement in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia is very rare. In addition, to our knowledge, there are only a few reports in the literature in which a primary diagnosis was made on the basis of ocular involvement. Diagnosis of malignancy in our case was established on the basis of the presence of small lymphocytes in fine-needle aspiration cytology from the orbital mass and typical bone marrow aspiration immunophenotype for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology and Haemotherapy, University Hospital of San Juan, Alicante, Spain. pepeverd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verdú
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrés
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Majano
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000473:pathology*