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Year : 2008  |  Volume : 56  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 68-70

Atypical presentation and diagnostic pitfalls: A case of rapidly progressive bilateral proptosis in a child aged 18 months


1 Department of Ophthalmology, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal

Correspondence Address:
Subrahmanya K Bhat
Department of Ophthalmology, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte, Post Nithyananda Nagar, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka State
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.37602

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We report an atypical presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in a child aged 18 months who presented with rapidly progressive bilateral proptosis. Computerized search using Medline did not reveal a similar presentation of NHL in such a young child. It stresses the need for an early histopathological study including immunohistochemistry and demonstrates the dramatic local response to combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy even in advanced stages without any ocular side-effects.


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