[Primary extra-lymph node localization of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Considerations on a clinical case].
The location on first diagnosis of a non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NH lymphoma) in the respiratory structures (bronchi, pleura, pulmonary parenchyma) is rather rare (2-4%) in the absence of mediastinic and/or hilar adenopathy. In any event diagnosis is extremely difficult, often impossible even with the aid of a properly conducted biopsy since the biopsy does not provide suitable material. The case is presented of a 72 year old woman with intermittent hyperpyrexia and multiple alveolar masses, the aetiology of which was only identified 8 months after the onset of the symptoms with the appearance of latero-cervical lymphadenopathy where biopsy revealed the presence of an N.H. lymphoma that was highly malignant but otherwise unspecificable.
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*
Localizzazioni primitive extralinfonodali del linfoma non Hodgkin. Considerazioni su di un caso clinico.