title: Intravascular lymphoma mimicking a Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of intravascular lymphoma (IVL) mimicking a Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 38-year-old man was referred for blurred vision, headache, and hearing loss. Examination demonstrated vitritis and subretinal detachments in each eye. Cerebral fluid analysis showed lymphocytic meningitis. Cerebral MRI was normal. A diagnosis of VKH disease was made.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Steroid treatment was introduced, after which all symptoms disappeared. Six months later, the patient returned with paraplegia and confusion. Cerebral MRI revealed hypodense periventricular lesions. A stereotaxic biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of IVL. The patient died a few months later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IVL may have many revealing aspects, including ophthalmologic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, CHU-Nancy, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Angioi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bodaghi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaminsky
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mokhtari
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lubetzki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: LeHoang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids