Orbital Richter Transformation With Subsequent Orbital MALT-type Lymphoma in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Patrick J. Hunt, Jeel Mehta, Matthew R. Ehrenburg, Daniela P. Reyes-Capó, Chen Chen, Arthur Zieske, Yuli Zu, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Michael T. Yen, Stephen C. Pflugfelder

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Abstract

A 74-year-old man with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presented with large salmon-colored patch lesions along the inferior fornix and superotemporal conjunctiva of the OS. The patient underwent an incisional biopsy of the lesions, which showed a CLL with areas of large B-cell lymphoma, consistent with Richter transformation. Following medical and radiation-based therapy of these lesions, the patient returned 3 months later with inferomedial preseptal swelling in the contralateral eye, which biopsy proved to be recurrent/resistant low-grade CLL with a posttreatment extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma pattern. This case exemplifies a rare presentation of CLL with Richter transformation and a recurrent/resistant posttreatment orbital CLL with a marginal zone B-cell lymphoma-like pattern.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e205-e209
JournalOphthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Volume40
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Ophthalmology

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