title: DNA analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary lymphoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora del Pino, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de Castro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Molero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Julià-Serdà
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caminero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cabrera
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm