INTRAOCULAR RETICULUM-CELL SARCOMA - ITS DRAMATIC RESPONSE TO SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY AND ITS ANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 9  (4) , 401-406
Abstract
A 77 yr old woman with reticulum cell sarcoma in apparent remission presented with neovascular glaucoma. Ultrasonography demonstrated a 360.degree. ring tumor of the ciliary body which totally regressed 3 wk after reinstitution of systemic chemotherapy. This appears to be a ring reticulum cell sarcoma of the ciliary body and is apparently the 1st reported case of an intraocular reticulum cell sarcoma which has undergone such a dramatic response to combined chemotherapy. A review of the English literature of all published cases of ocular reticulum cell sarcoma (16 cases) discloses no similar case, and emphasizes for the 1st time the angiogenic potential of this tumor. Secondary glaucoma was associated with intraocular reticulum cell sarcoma in .apprx. 2/3 of the reported cases, and neovascular glaucoma in about 1/4 of these cases.

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