title: Endotracheobronchial lymphoma: Two unusual case reports and review of article.
abstract: The tracheobronchial origin of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a very rare presentation, and there are only a few case reports of primary tracheal or endobronchial NHL. We have two cases of primary tracheobronchial NHL; one case was incidentally diagnosed as anaplastic large cell lymphoma of endobronchial origin when a comprehensive workup and surgery were carried out for an endobronchial aspergilloma which was actually sitting on top of lymphoma. The second patient was a case of myelodysplastic syndrome who presented with acute respiratory distress; on thorough workup, he was found to have endotracheal B-cell lymphoma. Both cases were responding well with standard chemotherapy. The mortality in these kinds of patients is due to disease progression or airway compromise and treatment complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Trilok
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Avdhesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dua
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Aspergilloma; chemotherapy; endobronchial lymphoma; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; tracheal tumor