Recurrent localised pneumonia due to bronchial infiltration in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
A woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developed pneumonia on five occasions in the right middle lobe in the course of 27 months. Bronchoscopy disclosed concentric narrowing of the middle lobe bronchus by leukaemic infiltration.
Desjardins
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Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Canada.
Ostiguy
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Cousineau
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Gyger
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D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence