The use of radiotherapy for the treatment of localized orbital amyloidosis

Orbit

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 432-437

  Khaira, Mandip ^a   Mutamba, Antony ^b   Meligonis, George ^c   Rose, Geoffrey E ^b   Plowman, Piers N ^a   O'Donnell, Helen ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External beam radiotherapy; Orbital amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; ORBIT AMYLOIDOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57649119826     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830802350216     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Banerjee S, Bogmann J, Reuser TTQ. Amyloid deposition in the extraocular muscles. Orbit. 1999;18:105-116.
2. Bessell EM, Henk JM, Wright JE, Whitelocke RAF. Orbital and conjunctival lymphoma: Treatment and prognosis. Radiother Oncol. 1988;13:237-244.
3. Dinkaran S, Singh AD, Rennie IG. Orbital amyloidosis presenting as ptosis. Eye. 2005;19:110-112.
4. Gean-Marton AD, Kirsch CFE, Vezina LG, et al. Focal amyloidosis of the head and neck: Evaluation with CT and MR imaging.Radiology. 1991;181:521-525.
5. Kalra S, Utz JP, Eden ES, Foote RL. External beam radiotherapy in the treatment of diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis. Mayo Clinic Proc. 2001;76:853-856.
6. Leibovitch I, Selva D, Goldberg RA, Sullivan TJ, Saeed P, Davis G, Mc-Cann JD, McNab A, Rootman J. Periocular and orbital amyloidosis: Clinical characteristics, management, and outcome. Ophthalmology. 2006;113:1657-1664.
7. Lucas DR, Knox F, Davies S. Apparent monoclonal origin of lymphocytes and plasma cells infiltrating ocular adnexal amyloid deposits: Report of 2 cases. Br J Ophthalmol. 1982;66:600-606.
8. Monroe AT, Walia R, Zotecki RA, Jantz MA. Tracheobronchial amyloidosis: A case report of successful treatment with external beam radiotherapy. Chest. 2004;125:784-789.
9. Murdoch IE, Sullivan TJ, Moseley I, Hawkins PN, Pepys MB, Tan SY, Garner A, Wright JE. Primary localised amyloidosis of the orbit. Br J Ophthalmol. 1996;80:1083-1086.
10. Oishi A, Miyamoto K, Yoshimura N. Orbital amyloidosis-induced compressive optic neuropathy accompanied by characteristic eyelid pigmentation. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;22:485-487.
11. Pasternak S, White VA, Gascoyne RD, Perry SR, Johnson RLC, Rootman J. Monoclonal origin of localized orbital amyloidosis detected by molecular analysis. Br J Ophthalmol. 1996;80:1013-1017.
12. Pecora JL, Sambursky JL, Vargha Z. Radiation therapy in amyloidosis of the eyelid and conjunctiva: A case report. Ann Ophthalmol. 1982;14:194-196.
13. Pepys MB. Amyloidosis. Annu Rev Med. 2006;57:223-241.
14. Taban M, Piva A, See RF, Sadun AA, Quiros PA. Review: Orbital amyloidosis. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004;20:162-165.
15. Westermark P, Benson MD, Buxbaum JN, et al. Amyloid: Toward terminology clarification. Report from the Nomenclature Committee of the Internationa Society of Amyloidosis. Amyloid. 2005;12:1-4.