Unusual radiologic and histologic manifestations of primary pulmonary lymphoma

Pulmonary parenchymal involvement in lymphoma is unusual and is reported more commonly in Hodgkin's disease than non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Radiological appearances are manifold and may mimic other pulmonary diseases. We report the case of a patient with Hodgkin's disease who demonstrate...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 2014-03, Vol.22 (3), p.362-364
Hauptverfasser: Baccari-Ezzine, Sonia, Bouzaidi, Khaled, Chelbi, Emna, Ali, Mechaal Ben, Ghrairi, Hédia
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Zusammenfassung:Pulmonary parenchymal involvement in lymphoma is unusual and is reported more commonly in Hodgkin's disease than non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Radiological appearances are manifold and may mimic other pulmonary diseases. We report the case of a patient with Hodgkin's disease who demonstrated multiple cavitating lung lesions with aberrant immunophenotypic expression of T-cell antigens.
ISSN:0218-4923
1816-5370
DOI:10.1177/0218492313479957