Ocular Lymphoma A Major Indicator Of Brain Involvement In Patients With Non-hodgkin S Lymphoma
cular lymphoma, also referred to as intraocular large cell lymphoma, is a subtype of Non-Hodgkin s Lymphoma that primarily affects the central nervous system. The incidence of ocular lymphoma among the global population has known a pronounced decrease since 1960, although paradoxically it has slightly increased in the last few years. Although there isn t enough evidence to support this theory, medical scientists believe that the recently increased incidence of the disease is mainly caused by prolonged treatments with immuno-suppressing drugs. However, in the absence of conclusive findings, this supposition has been disregarded by most oncologists. Ocular lymphoma has the highest incidence among the male gender, and predominantly affects people with ages over 50. The categories considered to present the highest risk of developing this subtype of lymphoma are patients diagnosed with AIDS, patients who have suffered complicated surgeries and persons with native impairments of the immune system especially people affected by the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. The implication of lymphoma at ocular...