Uveitis intermedia as the initial presentation of a primary lymphoma of the central nervous system.

Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)

Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Published: February 2021

Primary central nervous system lymphoma is one of the most infrequent brain tumours, accounting for 3% of primary central nervous system neoplasms. In addition to its low prevalence, clinical presentation is usually nonspecific, leading to diagnostic delay. Intraocular involvement occurs in 15% of cases, and disease onset in this location is even rarer. We present a case of a patient with intermediate uveitis as the first clinical manifestation of this neoplasm.

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