title: Rare cases of primary pleural Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
abstract: Primary pleural lymphoma is rare. It occurs in only 7% of lymphoma cases. We report herein two cases of primary pleural Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin follicular lymphomas diagnosed by thoracoscopy under local anesthesia. Both patients presented initially with dyspnea revealing pleural effusions. The pleural findings during thoracoscopy differed in the two cases and selective pleural biopsies under optical forceps led to the diagnosis of lymphoma. To date, primary pleural Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin follicular lymphomas have not been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumonology, Medical School Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Paschalis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steiropoulos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kouliatsis
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karpathiou
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Popidou
authors.forename: Marios E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Froudarakis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013906:Thoracoscopy