Clinicopathological features of ocular adnexal mantle-cell lymphoma in an international multicenter cohort

Marina K.H. Knudsen, Peter K. Rasmussen, Sarah E. Coupland, Bita Esmaeli, Paul T. Finger, Gerardo F. Graue, Hans E. Grossniklaus, Jwu Jin Khong, Penny A. McKelvie, Kaustubh Mulay, Elisabeth Ralfkiaer, Lene D. Sjö, Geeta K. Vemuganti, Bradley A. Thuro, Jeremy Curtin, Steffen Heegaard

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE To our knowledge, the clinical features of ocular adnexal mantle-cell lymphoma (OA-MCL) have not previously been evaluated in a large multicenter cohort. OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical features of OA-MCL. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This retrospective multicenter study included patient data collected from January 1, 1980, through December 31, 2015, at 6 eye cancer centers in 4 countries. Medical records of 55 patients with OA-MCL were reviewed; the median length of follow-up was 33 months. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Overall survival, disease-specific survival, and progression-free survival were the primary end points. RESULTS Fifty-five patients were included; ocular adnexal MCL was found to be most common in older individuals (mean age, 70 years) and men (n = 42 of 55; 76%). Patients with OA-MCL frequently presented with disseminated lymphoma (n = 34 of 55; 62%), and were likely to experience stage IVE disease (n = 35 of 55; 64%), with bilateral involvement (n = 27 of 55; 47%), tumor masses (n = 27 of 36; 75%), and involvement of the orbit (n = 32 of 55; 58%). Chemotherapy with or without external beam radiation therapy was the most frequently used treatment. Overall survival rates for the entire cohort were 65%at 3 years (95%CI, 52%-78%) and 34%at 5 years (95%CI, 21%-47%). Disease-specific survival after 5 years was 38%for the entire cohort (95%CI, 25%-51%); the disease-specific survival adjusted by eye cancer center was better in patients who had received rituximab in addition to the chemotherapy regimen (hazard ratio, 3.3; 95%CI, 1.0-14.7; P = .06). The median progression-free survival was 2.3 years (95%CI, 1.8-2.7 years) in patients who experienced recurrence after primary treatment, and 4.1 years (95%CI, 3.9-4.3 years) in patients who presented with a relapse of systemic lymphoma in the ocular adnexal region. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE These results suggest that the distinctive features of OA-MCL are its appearance in older male individuals, advanced stage and bilateral manifestation at the time of diagnosis, and aggressive course. The prognosis of patients with OA-MCL might be improved by addition of rituximab to chemotherapy treatment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1367-1374
Number of pages8
JournalJAMA Ophthalmology
Volume135
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology

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