Pulmonary asbestosis associated to pleural non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
We describe herein a case report of a patient affected by pulmonary asbestosis who developed a non-Hodgkin lymphoma originating in the pleura. The case is unusual for the uncommon site and because the chronic antigenic stimulation by asbestos bodies may have locally promoted an immunologic derangement.
Parisio
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Divisione di Oncologia Medica e Chemioterapia, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milan, Italy.
Bianchi
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Rovej
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Sparacio
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Ferrari
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Scanni
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D000368:Aged; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology