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Visual outcome and ocular complications in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma after eye-sparing surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy
  1. Zhenyang Zhao1,
  2. Steven Jay Frank2,
  3. Jing Ning3,
  4. Jiawei Zhao1,
  5. Xinyang Jiang3,
  6. Xin A Wang4,
  7. Amy C Schefler5,
  8. Ehab Hanna6,
  9. Amy Moreno2,
  10. Brandon Gunn2,
  11. Renata Ferrarotto7,
  12. Bita Esmaeli1
  1. 1 Orbital Oncology & Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  2. 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  3. 3 Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  4. 4 Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  5. 5 Retina Consultants of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
  6. 6 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  7. 7 Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Bita Esmaeli, Orbital Oncology & Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; besmaeli{at}mdanderson.org

Abstract

Background We report visual outcomes and ocular complications in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma who had eye-sparing surgery followed by radiotherapy.

Methods This review included consecutive patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma who underwent eye-sparing surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy or concurrent chemoradiation therapy between 2007 and 2018. Clinical data, including details of ophthalmological examinations and radiation treatment were reviewed.

Results The study included 23 patients, 15 males and 8 females, with median age 51 years. Twenty patients (87%) received intensity-modulated proton therapy; 3 (13%) received intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Nineteen patients (83%) received concurrent chemotherapy. After a median follow-up time of 37 months (range: 8–83), 13 patients (57%) had best-corrected visual acuity 20/40 or better, 3 (13%) had moderate vision loss (between 20/40 and 20/200) and 7 (30%) had severe vision loss (20/200 or worse). The most common ocular complications were dry eye disease (21 patients; 91%), radiation retinopathy (16; 70%) and cataract progression (11; 49%). Tumour crossing the orbital midline (p=0.014) and Hispanic ethnicity (p=0.014) were associated with increased risk of severe vision loss. The risk of radiation retinopathy was significantly different among the three racial groups; Hispanic patients (n=3) had the highest rate of retinopathy (p<0.001). Tumour size, initial T category and total prescribed radiation dose were not significantly associated with severe vision loss.

Conclusion Eye-sparing surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma has a reasonable overall visual prognosis. Patients with tumours crossing the orbital midline and Hispanic patients have a higher risk of severe vision loss.

  • vision
  • lacrimal gland
  • neoplasia
  • orbit

Data availability statement

Data are available on reasonable request.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2022-321889

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    • Contributors ZZ and BE designed and performed the study, and composed the manuscript. SJF, EH, AM, BG, RF, ACS helped with the study design and manuscript revision. JN, JZ, XJ, XAW performed the data analysis. BE is guarantor.

    • Funding This work was supported by National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute grant number P30CA016672.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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