Lacrimal gland mantle lymphoma treated with photodynamic therapy: Overview and report of a case

published online 01 April 2010.

Summary

We present the successful use of interstitial photodynamic therapy in the treatment of lacrimal gland mantle cell lymphoma associated with cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy in a 59-year-old female.

Keywords: Lacrimal gland, Mantle cell lymphoma, Photodynamic therapy, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

a UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom

b Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom

c Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

d Department of Head & Neck Surgery, The Professorial Unit, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding author at: Head & Neck Centre, University College Hospital, 1st Floor East Wing, 250 Euston Road, London NW1 2PG, United Kingdom.

PII: S1572-1000(09)00166-5

doi:10.1016/j.pdpdt.2009.12.003

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