Orbital lymphoma misdiagnosed as scleritis.

OBJECTIVE

To describe two patients in whom orbital lymphoma was misdiagnosed and treated as scleritis.

DESIGN

Two case reports with clinicopathologic correlation.

METHODS

Each patient underwent clinical, radiologic, and histologic assessment.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Histologic confirmation of the diagnosis of orbital lymphoma.

RESULTS

The two patients who had been diagnosed and treated as having scleritis were found to have orbital lymphoma.

CONCLUSION

The differential diagnosis for scleritis should include lymphoma.