Exophthalmos Revealing Malignant Lymphoma
Z. Hazil *
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
A. Krichen
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
I. Hasnaoui
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
S. Hassina
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
Y. Akannour
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
L. Seghini
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
Z. Hajji
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
B. Ouazzani
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
E. Abdallah
Department of Ophthalmology B, Rabat Specialty Hospital, CHU ibn Sina, Mohammed V Souissi University Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are malignant tumors whose aggressiveness depends on the histological type of the tumor. The orbital localization may be isolated or associated with a systemic lymphoma.
The clinical polymorphism of malignant lymphomas is extreme, posing diagnostic problems and delaying therapeutic management, which is why anatomopathological examination of a tissue biopsy is the only key to diagnosis.
We report the case of a patient who presented with exophthalmos revealing a lymphoma.
Keywords: Exophthalmos, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, malignant proliferations