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Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience

Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis (PLG) is a rare multisystem Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)‐associated lymphoproliferative disorder. Exact incidence is unknown and, with its variable clinical presentation, making an accurate diagnosis of PLG can be difficult. We present two distinct cases at our tert...

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Autores principales: Balakrishnan, Pradeep, Ing, Matthew, Househ, Zaid, Raguparan, Ajantha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8150528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.789
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author Balakrishnan, Pradeep
Ing, Matthew
Househ, Zaid
Raguparan, Ajantha
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description Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis (PLG) is a rare multisystem Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)‐associated lymphoproliferative disorder. Exact incidence is unknown and, with its variable clinical presentation, making an accurate diagnosis of PLG can be difficult. We present two distinct cases at our tertiary centre that underline PLG's non‐specific clinical presentations. This resulted in the failure of recognizing PLG early with consequently progressive fatal outcomes. The rationale is to enlighten us concisely the knowledge surrounding PLG and consider it as a potential differential diagnosis, particularly in those immunosuppressed patients with radiological evidence of worsening pulmonary infiltrates not responding to customary treatment for common diagnoses. Having a high degree of suspicion for PLG in the right setting and pursuing lung biopsy early if appropriate for histopathology examination would be justified. This is essential to correctly diagnose PLG up‐front and subsequently utilize best management approach for a better survival and mortality risk outlook.
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spelling pubmed-81505282021-06-03 Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience Balakrishnan, Pradeep Ing, Matthew Househ, Zaid Raguparan, Ajantha Respirol Case Rep Case Reports Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis (PLG) is a rare multisystem Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)‐associated lymphoproliferative disorder. Exact incidence is unknown and, with its variable clinical presentation, making an accurate diagnosis of PLG can be difficult. We present two distinct cases at our tertiary centre that underline PLG's non‐specific clinical presentations. This resulted in the failure of recognizing PLG early with consequently progressive fatal outcomes. The rationale is to enlighten us concisely the knowledge surrounding PLG and consider it as a potential differential diagnosis, particularly in those immunosuppressed patients with radiological evidence of worsening pulmonary infiltrates not responding to customary treatment for common diagnoses. Having a high degree of suspicion for PLG in the right setting and pursuing lung biopsy early if appropriate for histopathology examination would be justified. This is essential to correctly diagnose PLG up‐front and subsequently utilize best management approach for a better survival and mortality risk outlook. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2021-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8150528/ /pubmed/34094574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.789 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
title Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
title_full Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
title_fullStr Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
title_short Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: An uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
title_sort pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis: an uncommon disease but not to be forgotten—a single centre experience
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8150528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.789
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