title: Endobronchial low-grade MALT lymphoma causing unilateral hypertranslucency.
abstract: Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-derived lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) arises not only from the stomach but also from various non-gastrointestinal sites. A thirty two year old woman, suffering from breathlessness for one year, had been treated for bronchial asthma. A chest radiograph showed a mediastinum and heart transposition to the right side and emphysema of the left lung. In the thorax spiral tomography, a mass narrowing left main bronchi, five centimeters in length from the carina, was seen. A fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed millimetric polypoid lesions those nearly totally obstructed the left main bronchi. The bronchoscopic biopsy showed a diagnosis of MALT lymphoma. She was seen for check-ups following chemotherapy but no further treatment has been carried out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Izmir Chest Diseases and Surgery Centre, Turkey. drerbaycu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Erbaycu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karasu
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Ozdemirkiran
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yücel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozsöz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bilgir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed