[Pulmonary MALT lymphoma - a rare form of lymphoma].
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.
Santos
João Meneses
JM
Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Medicina Interna - Serviço de Medicina 2 do HSM, Portugal.
Zakout
Raed
R
Pereira
Carlos
C
Palhano
Maria João
MJ
Victorino
Rui M M
RM
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged