Korean J Radiol.  2013 Feb;14(1):122-125. 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.1.122.

Intraocular Lymphoma after Cardiac Transplantation: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings

• Kim YK
• Kim HJ
• Woo KI
• Kim YD

• KMID: 1430055
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2013.14.1.122

Abstract

We report a case of intraocular lymphoma in a 65-year-old man, 15 months after cardiac transplantation. On Magnetic Resonance (MR) images, the iris and the anterior chamber of the right eye were found to be involved with an enhancing soft-tissue lesion. To our knowledge, this is the first case of post-transplantation intraocular lymphoma evaluated with MR imaging.

Keyword

Orbit, neoplasms; Orbit, MR; Lymphoma; Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder

MeSH Terms

Cardiomyopathies/surgery
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Neoplasms/*diagnosis
Fatal Outcome
Heart Transplantation
Humans
Lymphoma/*diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods
Male
Middle Aged

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Posttransplantation intraocular lymphoma. A-C. MR images showing smooth, undulating soft-tissue lesion in iris and anterior chamber in right eye (arrows). Compared with vitreous humor, lesion is hyperintense on T1-weighted image (A), hypointense on T2-weighted image (B), and well enhanced after administration of contrast material (C). D.. Photomicrograph showing dense mononuclear large cell infiltrate, vesicular chromatic pattern, and prominent nucleoli, consistent with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (hematoxylin-eosin; original magnification, × 20).

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