title: Pulmonary asbestosis associated to pleural non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Oncologia Medica e Chemioterapia, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parisio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rovej
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sparacio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scanni
mesh_terms: 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