Multifocal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the lung.
Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH) is one of the pulmonary lymphoproliferative disorders, and was initially described as pseudolymphoma. However, reports focusing on CT findings of NLH of the lung have been rare. We report a case of a pulmonary NLH in a 49-year-old woman who showed multiple pulmonary nodules on HRCT and was misdiagnosed preoperatively with adenocarcinoma on the basis of transthoracic cytology. A final diagnosis of NLH was made on postoperative histologic examination.
Kajiwara
Shinichiro
S
Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
Sakai
Shuji
S
Soeda
Hiroyasu
H
Takahashi
Naoki
N
Okafuji
Takashi
T
Yoshimitsu
Kengo
K
Yabuuchi
Hidetake
H
Yoshino
Ichiro
I
Honda
Hiroshi
H
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*