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- Case Report -
A Case of Multiple Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Lung and Bronchus
Makoto Nakagawa1, Toshihiro Osaki1, Miiru Izumi2, Takahiro Minami2, Saiko Suetsugu2Department of 1Chest Surgery, 2Respiratory Medicine, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Japan
Background. Multiple mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas arising from the lung and bronchus are rare. Case. A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of dry cough of 3 months duration and abnormal chest X-ray shadow. Chest CT showed multiple nodules, large and small, with an air bronchogram and ill-defined margin in both lungs. Bronchoscopy showed an edematous and hypertrophic mucosa stenosis of the right middle lobe bronchus and the left lingular bronchus. The biopsy specimen from the bronchus suggested lymphoproliferative disease. To confirm the histologic diagnosis, partial resections of the right upper and middle lobe were performed. Histological examination showed the MALT lymphoma. She has been followed up closely as an outpatient without chemotherapy. Conclusion. We report a rare case of multiple MALT lymphomas arising from both lungs and bronchi.
key words: MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma, Lung, Bronchus
Received: August 11, 2006
Accepted: January 15, 2007
JJLC 47 (2): 119-123, 2007
