title: Primary pleural lymphoma: a rare case and a synopsis of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of a 74-year-old woman with no history of HIV infection or pyothorax who presented with progressive dyspnoea. Computed tomography (CT) showed bulky pleural mass and pleural effusion associated with the right-sided pleural disease. Thoracoscopic pleural biopsy was performed and revealed the diagnosis of primary pleural malignant lymphoma. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations revealed that it was small B-cell lymphoma with neoplastic cells that expressed the CD-20 antigen. This case is thought to be a very rare case of primary malignant lymphoma arising in the pleura of a patient with no history of pyothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital, Sichuan University, ChengDu 610041, China;
authors.forename: Xiaohu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ru
authors.forename: Mingjian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yidan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Lunxu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Primary pleural lymphoma; thoracoscopic pleural biopsy