title: Lymphomatoid granulomatosis mimicking interstitial lung disease.
abstract: Lymphoid granulomatosis is a rare form of pulmonary angiitis. This case report presents a patient with lymphoid granulomatosis in whom the clinical presentation, radiological features and the partial response to corticosteroid therapy mimicked interstitial lung disease. Lymphoid granulomatosis was only diagnosed at post-mortem examination. The range of reported clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches and outcomes are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia. emnabraham@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Emna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Braham
authors.forename: Aïda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayadi-Kaddour
authors.forename: Belhassen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smati
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Mrad
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Besbes
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: El Mezni
mesh_terms: D018951:Antigens, CD20 / Q000276:immunology; D001706:Biopsy; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008230:Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018951:Antigens, CD20; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins