Bilateral serous retinal detachments associated with burkitt lymphoma

Matthew S Wieder; Jay A Fleischman; Saadia Rashid

doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100654

Bilateral serous retinal detachments associated with burkitt lymphoma

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Mar 7:18:100654. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100654. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Authors

Matthew S Wieder¹, Jay A Fleischman¹, Saadia Rashid¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center/AECOM, Bronx, NY, USA.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of bilateral serous retinal detachments in a patient found to have burkitt lymphoma.

Observations: A patient who presented with bilateral serous retinal detachments and "B" symptoms underwent extensive workup and was found to have burkitt lymphoma. Multiagent chemotherapy was initiated with resolution of the serous retinal detachments and visual recovery occurring in parallel to disease remission.

Conclusions and importance: Burkitt lymphoma can present with serous retinal detachments and should be included in the differential for a patient with bilateral serous retinal detachments along with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

Keywords: Lymphoma; Ocular manifestations of systemic diseases; Retina.

Publication types

Case Reports