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Large cell lymphoma masquerading as a viral retinitis

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A 37 year old woman presented with a bilateral vitritis. 4 months previously, she had developed in her left eye a necrotizing retinitis compatible with acute retinal necrosis (ARN). A trial of Acyclovir was unsuccessful as were systemic steroids. Over the following 2 months the vitritis worsened. The patient underwent a diagnostic vitrectomy revealing the presence of a large B-cell lymphoma with a predominance of lambda light chains.

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de Smet, M.D., Nussenblatt, R.B., Davis, J.L. et al. Large cell lymphoma masquerading as a viral retinitis. Int Ophthalmol 14, 413–417 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00163568

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