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KMID : 0360220080490071165
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2008 Volume.49 No. 7 p.1165 ~ p.1172
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Two Cases of Conjunctival Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphomas Treated by Cryotherapy
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Chang Woo-Seok
Park Jae-Bok
Kim Sook-Young
Kim Keun-Hae
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Abstract
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Purpose: To report two cases of conjunctival mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas treated with cryotherapy.
Case summary: Two patients with MALT lymphoma of the conjunctiva were treated by carbon dioxide cryotherapy under topical anesthesia using 0.5% proparacaine hydrochloride (Alcaine®, Alcon). Cryotherapy was repeated in recurrent lesions up to three times. One patient was free of the tumor for 18 months of follow-up after the third cryotherapy was performed. The second patient had complete disease arrest for 9 months after the third cryotherapy. Neither patient experienced complications during the follow-up period.
Conclusions: Cryotherapy is a comparatively easy treatment tool with fewer complications for patients, making it preferable from a patient’s perspective as well. Cryotherapy may be a useful treatment modality in patients with MALT lymphomas localized to the conjunctiva. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 49(7):1165-1172, 2008
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KEYWORD
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Conjunctiva, Cryotherapy, MALTlymphoma
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