[An autopsy case of primary pulmonary malignant lymphoma associated with right pulmonary infiltrative shadow and macroglobulinemia].
We experienced a patient with two peaks of elevated monoclonal IgM and IgA in the serum, and lambda type Bence-Jones protein in the urine. Chest X-ray films showed right pulmonary infiltrative shadow and effusion. The results of the autopsy of this patient revealed infiltration of malignant lymphoma cells in both lungs, but in no other organs. The results of immunohistochemical staining for L26. UCHL-1, IgM, IgA and lambda chain in this case led to the diagnosis of diffuse small cell type. B-cell lambda, IgM type malignant lymphoma. Gene analysis using bone marrow did not reveal any rearrangement bands for the heavy chain, light chain kappa and lambda, or TcR beta genes. Therefore, we concluded that malignant lymphoma cells had infiltrated only the bilateral lungs, causing a rare case of primary pulmonary malignant lymphoma with two monoclonal peaks of increased serum IgM and IgA.
Respiratory Disease Center, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Japan.
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Chiba
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Sawai
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Ishida
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Matsui
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Matsubara
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Ikeda
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*