目的：探讨眼眶黏膜相关淋巴组织(mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue，MALT)结外边缘区B细胞淋巴瘤的临床表现、影像学特征及病理学特点，以期减少眼眶淋巴瘤的误诊，提高生存率。方法：对2020年1月至2020年12月中山大学中山眼科中心诊治的71例眼眶MALT结外边缘区B细胞淋巴瘤的临床、影像及病理学资料进行回顾性分析。结果：71例患者中，男38例，女33例；左侧眼眶31例，右侧眼眶34例，双侧眼眶6例；原发病例67例，复发病例4例；年龄23~84岁，病程为3个月~15年。最常见的临床表现是眼部肿块和不同程度的眼球活动受限；磁共振成像(magnetic resonance imaging，MRI)检查见密度均匀的软组织影，呈“铸造样”，眼球内未见侵犯；组织病理检查可见肿瘤由小至中等大小淋巴样细胞组成，瘤细胞呈弥漫或片状生长，核小到中等、不规则，核仁不明显，部分细胞呈单核样淋巴瘤细胞改变，其中9例可见浆细胞样分化，伴浆细胞分化的病例kappa与lambda的表达不对称。结论：眼眶MALT结外边缘区B细胞淋巴瘤有多种临床表现，影像学检查具有一定的特征，可辅助术前诊断。病理学检查可用于术后的准确诊断及分型，据此制定合适的治疗方案，提高疗效。
Objective: To investigate the clinical, imaging and pathological features of orbital extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), so as to reduce misdiagnosis and improve survival rate.Methods: The clinical, imaging and histopathological data of 71 patients with orbital extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of MALT who were treated in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University from Jan.2020 to Dec. 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Results: There were 38 males and 33 females in the 71 patients.There were 31 cases located on the left orbit, 34 cases on the right orbit, and 6 cases were bilateral; there were 67 primary cases and 4 relapsed cases. The age ranged from 23 to 84 years old. The disease course ranged from 3 months to 15 years. The main clinical manifestations included ocular masses and limited eyeball movement.Magnetic resonance imaging showed a “cast-like” soft tissue shadow of uniform density, and no intraocular invasion is observed. Histopathological examination showed that the tumor was composed of small to medium sized lymphocyte-like cells. Tumor cells exhibited diffuse or lamellar growth, with small to medium-sized irregular nuclei, and the nucleoli were inconspicuous. Some of the lymphocyte-like cells showed mononuclear lymphoma cells changes, and plasmacytoid differentiation was observed in 9 cases, in which kappa and lambda expressions were asymmetric.Conclusion: The clinical manifestations of orbital extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of MALT are various, and imaging examination has certain characteristics, which can assist preoperative diagnosis.Pathological examination can be used for accurate diagnosis and classification after operation, based on which appropriate treatment plan can be made and curative effect can be improved.
黏膜相关淋巴组织(mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas，MALT)淋巴瘤是原发性眼附属器淋巴瘤(primary ocular adnexal lymphoma，POAL)中最常见的病理类型。目前，原发性眼附属器黏膜相关淋巴组织淋巴瘤(primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma，POAML)的临床类型和临床表现尚未被眼科医师熟练掌握，临床治疗亦无共识和指南。本文根据POAML起源位置，重点介绍各临床类型的早中期临床表现，以及针对各临床类型和病变范围的个体化治疗方法。
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas (MALT) lymphoma is the most common pathologic type in primary ocular adnexal lymphoma (POAL). Currently, the clinical types and manifestations of primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (POAML) have not been well understood by ophthalmologists, and there is no consensus or guideline for clinical treatment. According to the original location, this paper focuses on the clinical manifestations of early and intermediate-stage POAML, as well as the individualized treatment for each clinical type and lesion range.
近年来日益强大的眼内液分子/细胞生物学检测技术因其简便、快捷和高效的特点，使得眼科医生在诊断眼内淋巴瘤时倾向于单纯只依据此类方法而淡化病理诊断的重要性。眼内液分子/细胞生物学技术因其本身只能“间接提示肿瘤细胞存在”的局限性而不能作为眼内淋巴瘤的确诊依据。眼内组织/细胞病理仍然是眼内淋巴瘤诊断的金标准，其价值和地位不能被其他任何分子/细胞生物学检测手段所替代。理解并掌握各种诊断、检测技术的优势和局限性，规范和优化眼内组织/细胞病理标本的采集、保存和送检流程有助于提高眼科临床医生对眼内淋巴瘤的诊断效率和医疗质量。
In recent years, more and more powerful molecular/cellular biological techniques of intraocular fluid have made ophthalmologists tend to only rely on these methods in the diagnosis of intraocular lymphoma because of their features of simplicity, fastness and efficiency. The molecular/cellular biological techniques of intraocular fluid cannot be used as the basis for the diagnosis of intraocular lymphoma because it can only indicate the existence of tumor cells indirectly. Intraocular tissue/cell pathology remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of intraocular lymphoma, and its importance cannot be replaced by any other molecular/cell biological methods. Understanding and mastering the advantages and limitations of various diagnostic techniques, standardizing and optimizing the collection, preservation and submission process of intraocular tissue/cell specimens will help ophthalmologists improve the diagnostic efficiency and medical quality of intraocular lymphoma.
眼内淋巴瘤(intraocular lymphoma，IOL)比较罕见。按起源位置分为两种类型，主要类型为原发性眼内淋巴瘤(primary intraocular lymphoma，PIOL)，也称为原发性中枢神经系统淋巴瘤(primary central nervous system lymphoma，PCNSL)；另外一种类型为继发性眼内淋巴瘤(secondary intraocular lymphoma，SIOL)，为中枢神经系统以外的淋巴瘤转移至眼内。按肿瘤类型主要分为三类，主要类型为眼内弥漫大B细胞淋巴瘤，属于高级别淋巴瘤，预后较差；其次为少见的主要侵犯脉络膜的黏膜相关淋巴组织结外边缘区B细胞淋巴瘤，属于低级别淋巴瘤，预后较好；第三种类型为极少见的眼内NK/T细胞淋巴瘤，属于高级别淋巴瘤，预后极差。该病的诊断对眼科医生和病理医生都极具挑战性。实验室检测方法主要包括病理学、免疫细胞化学、流式细胞术、细胞因子及基因重排等，但眼内病理活检仍然是该病诊断的金标准。该病的治疗主要为眼内局部化疗、放射治疗及系统性化疗。IOL早期常因误诊而耽误治疗，目前该病明确诊断时多在患者出现症状后4~40个月，多数病例早期被误诊为葡萄膜炎而失去治疗的最佳时机，导致预后较差。因此应充分认识IOL的早期表现，早期诊断、早期治疗，从而大大提高疗效。
Intraocular lymphomas (IOL) are rare malignant neoplasms including primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL) and secondary intraocular lymphoma (SIOL). The former is also known as primary central nervous system lymphoma(PCNSL). The latter is a kind of lymphoma metastasizing to the eye from outside the central nervous system. IOL can further be divided into three different types. The most common type is vitreoretinal high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with poor prognosis. The less common type is primary choroidal extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue, which is low-grade B-cell lymphoma with better prognosis.The rare type is NK/T cell lymphomas with very poor prognosis. The diagnosis of this disease is challenging for both ophthalmologists and pathologists. Laboratory testing methods mainly include cytology/pathology,immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, cytokine analysis and gene rearrangement detection. The detection of malignant lymphoid cells cytologically/pathologically is still the gold standard for diagnosing IOL. The treatment involves local chemotherapy, radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy. Most intraocular lymphomas at early stage are misdiagnosed as uveitis and proper treatment is often delayed with poor diagnosis due to the lost of best time for treatment. So far, the delay between the diagnosis and the onset of ocular symptoms ranges from 4 to 40 months. Therefore, we should fully understand the early manifestations of intraocular lymphoma and early diagnose and timely treat the disease in order to improve prognosis.
