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Features of Retinitis-like Lesions in Vitreoretinal Lymphoma.

Alessandro MarcheseAniruddha Kishandutt AgarwalElisabetta MiserocchiChiara GiuffrèFrancesco Maria BandelloGiulio ModoratiGaurav PrakashNalini GuptaFrancesca BoselloSurya Prakash SharmaVishali Gupta
Published in: Ocular immunology and inflammation (2019)
Purpose: To describe the distinguishing features of retinitis-like lesions seen in vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) from viral and toxoplasma retinitis.Methods: In this multicenter, retrospective study, we reviewed charts and imaging of consecutive patients with VRL. The associated features and the characteristics of retinitis-like lesions were assessed and compared with those of viral and toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. Primary outcome measures were the unique features of VRL retinitis-like lesions.Results: Out of 76 eyes of 38 patients with VRL, retinitis-like lesions were identified in 6 eyes and confirmed on OCT. Distinctive features of VRL retinitis-like lesions were massive retinal thickening, associated sub-retinal pigment epithelium infiltrates and partial restoration of retinal layers after specific therapy.Conclusion: VRL can present with retinitis-like lesions that have distinctive OCT features on presentation as well as healing that can help to differentiate them from other lookalike etiologies and can guide further diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
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