Unusual Case of Isolated Pleural B-Cell Lymphoma.
Pleural involvement in lymphoma is rare as the initial presentation of disease in the immunocompetent patient. We describe a rare case of primary, isolated pleural B-cell lymphoma in a 75-year-old female, previously treated for adenocarcinoma of the left lung with lobectomy and chemotherapy, who presented with shortness of breath. A CT scan of the chest revealed a right-sided pleural effusion and pleural thickening. She underwent multiple nondiagnostic thoracenteses. A subsequent surgical biopsy was diagnostic of large B-cell lymphoma.
Emilia M
EM
Krol
Aleksandra
A
Ogrodnik
Steven
S
Sieber
John
J
Chronakos
Amirhossein P
AP
Mahfoozi
D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography