Chronic lymphocytic pulmonary infiltrate and Bence-Jones proteinuria.
The clinical and radiological features in a 79-year-old patient with a chronic lymphocytic pulmonary infiltrate are described. The associated findings of Bence-Jones proteinuria, paraprotein bands in the plasma and a monoclonal population of circulating lymphocytes are strong evidence for a pulmonary lymphocytic lymphoma. The differential diagnosis is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification; D001536:Bence Jones Protein / Q000652:urine*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis; D010266:Paraproteins / Q000032:analysis; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications*
D010266:Paraproteins; D001536:Bence Jones Protein