title: Pleural non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in a patient with a chronic pyothorax.
abstract: A 69 year old man with a chronic left pyothorax was treated by decortication. Although the treatment rapidly improved respiratory function, histopathological examination revealed a diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Subsequent bone marrow biopsy samples disclosed bone marrow involvement. It is possible that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may develop from a chronic pyothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology