title: A case of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD) together with total atelectasis of a lung caused by lymphadenopathy and pleural effusion.
abstract: Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD) is a clinicopathologic entity established by Frizzera in 1974. Reported cases of AILD with pleuropulmonary involvement have been increasing recently. At Nogata Central Hospital, an 82-year-old male inpatient with brain infarctions and chronic bronchitis showed a rapid growth of systemic lymphadenopathy and various other symptoms. We diagnosed the case as AILD by histopathologic examination of a lymph node. Chest radiography and computed tomography demonstrated a loss of volume of the right lung caused by intrathoracic lymphadenopathy and a pleural effusion. Although cases of AILD with pleuropulmonary involvement have been increasing, no cases with almost total atelectasis of a lung have been reported as yet. AILD should be taken into account as a disease which may cause atelectasis of a lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yoshii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kido
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001796:Blood Protein Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007119:Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*