Case report of orbital lymphoma associated with polycystic disease: a coincidence?

Renu G'boy Varghese; Anita Ramdas; Sajini Elizabeth Jacob; Roshini Abraham; Sharad Ramdas; Abraham G Thomas

Case report of orbital lymphoma associated with polycystic disease: a coincidence?

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2007 Jan;50(1):27-9.

Authors

Renu G'boy Varghese¹, Anita Ramdas, Sajini Elizabeth Jacob, Roshini Abraham, Sharad Ramdas, Abraham G Thomas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet. renugboy@gmail.com

PMID: 17474250

Abstract

The most common known extra renal malignancy associated with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is of pancreatic origin. Here we report a case of orbital lymphoma in a patient with PKD. This might just be a co-incidence or there might be some genetic interaction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Lymphoma / complications*
Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Lymphoma / pathology
Male
Orbital Neoplasms / complications*
Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
Polycystic Kidney Diseases / complications*
Polycystic Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography