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- Case Report -
Pulmonary Malignant Lymphoma Presenting as a Cavity Containing Nodule
Takashi Iwanami1, Taiji Kuwata1, Teruo Iwata1, Makoto Kawaguchi21Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2Department of Pathology, Niigata Rousai Hospital, Japan
Background. Pulmonary malignant lymphoma is a rare disease. Diagnosis is difficult since it has various manifestations. Case. A 56-year-old man was referred to our hospital because a nodule on chest X-ray. Chest CT showed a nodule with a cavity in the left upper lobe. Lung cancer was suspected and he was operated on diagnosis and treatment. The resected specimen was diagnosed as pulmonary malignant lymphoma. After surgery he received chemotherapy. He is alive without any evidence of recurrence. Conclusion. We report a surgical case of pulmonary malignant lymphoma with cavity, and review some case reports. Pulmonary malignant lymphoma presents various manifestations; therefore, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of nodules. For a nodule with a suspicious of malignancy, surgical resection can be one of choices for histopathological diagnosis and treatment.
key words: Pulmonary malignant lymphoma, Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Cavity
Received: February 5, 2012
Accepted: April 20, 2012
JJLC 52 (3): 296-299, 2012
