Primary Malignant Lymphoma Originating from the Chest Wall without Preceding Pleural Disease

An 84-year-old woman presented to our hospital with dyspnea on exertion and left back pain. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an irregular pleural mass invading her left chest wall with rib destruction and pleural effusion. CT-guided needle biopsy revealed diffuse large B-cell...

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Autores principales: Iwasa, Yumi, Okada, Asuka, Takenaka, Hideaki, Takahashi, Terukazu, Koguchi, Nobuo, Katayama, Kumiko, Murakami, Shinsuke, Choh, Sumito, Tomoda, Koichi, Kimura, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321070
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Sumario:An 84-year-old woman presented to our hospital with dyspnea on exertion and left back pain. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an irregular pleural mass invading her left chest wall with rib destruction and pleural effusion. CT-guided needle biopsy revealed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Low-dose oral etoposide produced a complete response, and she continued oral chemotherapy for one year after the diagnosis and maintained good performance status. We herein report a very rare case of non-pyothorax-associated lymphoma that nonetheless resulted in great recovery.

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