Ocular findings in patients with histiocytosis and association with clinical and molecular features Journal Article


Authors: Francis, J. H.; Reiner, A. S.; Canestraro, J.; Rampal, R. K.; Abramson, D. H.; Diamond, E. L.
Article Title: Ocular findings in patients with histiocytosis and association with clinical and molecular features
Abstract: Background/aims Ocular manifestations of histiocytosis and their genetic underpinnings are poorly characterised. This study characterises ocular sites of histiocytosis, notate genetic alterations and correlates to histiocytosis clinical features including subtype and sites of disease. Methods Prospective registry-based study of predominantly adult histiocytosis patients at a single-institution tertiary referral centre. 180 eyes of 90 patients (46 males, 44 females) with histiocytosis (Erdheim-Chester disease 34, Rosai-Dorfman 20, xanthogranuloma 7, mixed histiocytosis 13, Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) 15, ALK-positive histiocytosis 1). Ocular findings were categorised by the structure involved. Histiocytosis subtype, sites of disease and genetic status were correlated to ocular findings. Results Ocular disease was present in more than half the histiocytosis patient cohort and occurred with other disease sites. Ocular findings were statistically significantly different across histiocytic subtypes with LCH subtypes having the lowest proportion of ocular findings (7%) and all other subtypes having rates of ocular findings which were five times that of patients with LCH (p=0.0009). Of patients with ocular findings, 41% of patients reported ocular symptoms and were significantly more in the group with ocular disease present versus those patients without ocular involvement. The presence of ocular findings was not statistically different by BRAFV600E, MAP2K1 or RAS isoform mutational status. Conclusions Ocular disease is a common feature of histiocytosis with significant visual symptomatology and occurrence in tandem with multisystem sites. Ocular findings vary by histiocytic subtype. The mutational profile of the cohort reflects known mutations in this clinical population, with no specific driver mutation associated with ocular disease.
Keywords: genetics; inflammation; pathology; diagnosis; choroid; mutations; langerhans cell histiocytosis; orbit; vemurafenib; erdheim-chester disease
Journal Title: British Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume: 108
Issue: 11
ISSN: 0007-1161
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.  
Date Published: 2024-11-01
Start Page: 1548
End Page: 1554
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:001231728400001
DOI: 10.1136/bjo-2023-324877
PROVIDER: wos
PUBMED: 38789131
Notes: The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PDF. Corresponding MSK author is Jasmine H. Francis -- Source: Wos
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  1. Anne S Reiner
    248 Reiner
  2. Jasmine Helen Francis
    257 Francis
  3. David H Abramson
    390 Abramson
  4. Raajit Kumar Rampal
    339 Rampal
  5. Eli Louis Diamond
    203 Diamond