Spontaneous pneumothorax in lymphomatoid granulomatosis.
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is a unique form of pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis characterized histologically by a necrotizing angiocentric and angiodestructive lymphoid infiltrate, which in most cases represents a proliferation of Epstein-Barr virus infected B-cells, with a prominent T-cell reaction. The most common radiographic findings in lymphoma-toid granulomatosis are multiple rounded mass densities, often suggestive of metastatic tumour. We report a case of spontaneous pneumothorax with bronchopleural fistula in a patient suffering from lymphomatoid granulomatosis.
Slabbynck
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Dept of Pneumology, AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Mignolet
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Kockx
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Galdermans
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Coolen
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D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008230:Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography