DNA analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary lymphoma.
Lung lymphomas frequently present a diagnostic challenge. The diagnosis of malignant lymphoma is possible when lymphocyte subpopulations show aneuploidy or a definable monoclonal surface marker or both. We present a case of lymphoma of the lung in which DNA analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was the first successful method in the time course of diagnosis.
Rodríguez de Castro
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Sección de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora del Pino, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Molero
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Julià-Serdà
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Caminero
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Cabrera
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D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm