Abstract

CASTILLO VAZQUEZ, Carmen; LOPEZ DORTA, Niurka; MOLINET VEGA, Lazara  and  PEREZ PACHECO, Arturo Iván. Primary ocular lymphoma vs orbital cellulitis in times of COVID-19. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2022, vol.35, n.2  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3070.

Solid neoplastic tumors of lymphoid tissue are characterized by accelerated proliferation of the lymphoreticular portion of the reticulum endothelial system, their worldwide incidence is 4/100,000 prevalent in females between 50-70 years of age, of unknown etiology, associated with helicobacter pylori, epstein barr and HIV. Clinically, symptoms B are present: fever, night sweats, weight loss, itching and asthenia, absent in the present case of a 46-year-old female patient who came to the ophthalmology office due to increased volume at the level of the appendages. of the left eye, painless proptosis and decreased vision, with an initial diagnosis of orbital cellulitis treated outpatiently without resolution. Intravenous antibiotic therapy was administered without clinical improvement, complementary radiological imaging studies, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging were performed with evidence of an anterolateral growth tumor image, ocular globe displacement, diameter greater than 57.3 mm, heterogeneous isointense characteristics, T1 sequence and flair, erosion of the internal wall of the orbit and the excisional biopsy reported primary non-Hodgkin type orbital annex lymphoma. A careful approach with complementary studies to rule out orbital neoplasms in patients with orbital cellulitis or dacryocystitis of torpid evolution is necessary at all times, regardless of the atypical conditions of a COVID-19 pandemic that make its management difficult.

Keywords : non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; ocular proptosis; dacryocystitis.

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