June 2015
Volume 56, Issue 7
Free
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2015
Diagnosis of Vitreoretinal Lymphoma: The Use of Cytology, Gene Rearrangement, and IL-10/IL-6 Ratio Jacob Pe'er1, Shahar Frenkel1, Inna Kalickman2, Yoav Sherman3, Bela Maly3, Dina Ben Yehuda4, and Vivian Barak2 Departments of 1Ophthalmology, 2Oncology, 3Pathology, and 4Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel .
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Jacob Pe'er
    Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew Univ Med Ctr, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Jacob Pe'er, None
  • Footnotes
    Support None
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2015, Vol.56, 1289. doi:
  • Views
  • Share
  • Tools
    • Alerts
      ×
      This feature is available to authenticated users only.
      Sign In or Create an Account ×
    • Get Citation

      Jacob Pe'er; Diagnosis of Vitreoretinal Lymphoma: The Use of Cytology, Gene Rearrangement, and IL-10/IL-6 Ratio Jacob Pe'er1, Shahar Frenkel1, Inna Kalickman2, Yoav Sherman3, Bela Maly3, Dina Ben Yehuda4, and Vivian Barak2 Departments of 1Ophthalmology, 2Oncology, 3Pathology, and 4Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel .. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2015;56(7 ):1289.

      Download citation file:


      © ARVO (1962-2015); The Authors (2016-present)

      ×
  • Supplements
Abstract

Purpose: Purpose: To compare three methods of diagnosis of suspected vitreoretinal lymphoma: cytology, IgH gene rearrangement, and IL-10/IL-6 ratio.<br /> .

Methods: Methods: Diluted vitreous fluid obtained in diagnostic vitrectomy from patients with suspected vitreoretinal lymphoma were delivered immediately after the surgery to the cytopathology laboratory; to the hematology laboratory for PCR studies, and to the cancer-markers laboratory for ELISA test for IL-10/IL-6 ratio.<br /> .

Results: Results: Forty-seven specimens were evaluated using the three methods: 21 of them (44.7%) were positive for lymphoma in cytology examination, 13 (27.6%) were positive in Ig-H gene rearrangement evaluation, and 25 (53.2%) were positive by IL-10/IL-6 ratio that was higher than 1.0. Nine of 21 specimens (42.8%) with positive cytology were positive also for Ig-H gene rearrangement and 18 of the 21 (85.7%) were positive also for IL-10/IL-6 ratio. Nine specimens were positive for lymphoma via all three methods. Seven specimens in which the IL-10/IL-6 ratio was positive for lymphoma were negative in cytology, 4 of them developed CNS lymphoma, and 3 that were positive for Ig-H gene rearrangement were negative in cytology.

Conclusions: Conclusions: In our series, the examination of the IL-10/IL-6 ratio was much more sensitive and much more comparable to cytology than examination for Ig-H gene rearrangement which showed low sensitivity.

×
×

This PDF is available to Subscribers Only

Sign in or purchase a subscription to access this content. ×

You must be signed into an individual account to use this feature.

×