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Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-398X
ISSN (Online): 1875-6387

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Involvement of the Chest Wall

Author(s): William H. Porr, Jonathan L. Henderson and Michael J. Morris

Volume 9, Issue 2, 2013

Page: [75 - 78] Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/1573398X11309020002

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Abstract

The development of a solitary chest wall mass due to underlying malignant lymphoma is an uncommon clinical presentation. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, can affect multiple organs including the lungs and pleural space. In some instances, there may be preexisting inflammation such as a chronic pyothorax before lymphoma arises in these locations. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma may frequently disseminate to extranodal sites, but involvement of the chest wall has been reported in nearly 100 cases. This report details an unusual presentation of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma from an enlarging chest wall mass and an underlying lymphomatous pleural effusion.

Keywords: Chest wall mass, lymphoma, pleural effusion, pyothorax.

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