title: [Pulmonary MALT lymphoma - a rare form of lymphoma].
abstract: The authors report a case of pulmonary MALT lymphoma in an asymptomatic patient with a chest radiograph showing bilateral infiltrates. The diagnosis was made by surgical lung biopsy performed by video-assisted thoracoscopy. The transbronchial lung and the transthoracic core-needle biopsies were non-diagnostic. The clinical and radiological features of the pulmonary MALT lymphoma are described and relevant diagnostic, prognostic and treatment factors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Medicina Interna - Serviço de Medicina 2 do HSM, Portugal.
authors.forename: João Meneses
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Raed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zakout
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Palhano
authors.forename: Rui M M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Victorino
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged