title: Bilateral conjunctival follicular lymphoma in a child.
abstract: Follicular lymphoma is exceedingly rare in children. We present the case of a 10-year-old patient with a conjunctival lesion on the left eye who later developed a similar lesion on the right eye. Excisional biopsy of the left eye lesion revealed follicular lymphoma. The patient was treated with systemic rituximab. To our knowledge, only 4 other cases of pediatric conjunctival follicular lymphoma have been reported, all of which were isolated lesions that were treated with excisional biopsy alone.
authors.affiliation: Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Palak B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.affiliation: Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Elias I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Traboulsi
authors.affiliation: Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hsi
authors.affiliation: Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: singha@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Arun D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D000069283:Rituximab; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
chemical_list: D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D000069283:Rituximab