Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma with Metastases – A Rare Presentation

Sumiti Gupta¹, Pansi Gupta^1, , Rajneesh Kalra¹, Meenu Gill¹, Atulya Atreja¹ and Dhruva Chaudhary¹

¹Department of Pathology, Pt. BDS PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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Sumiti Gupta, Pansi Gupta, Rajneesh Kalra, Meenu Gill, Atulya Atreja and Dhruva Chaudhary. Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma with Metastases – A Rare Presentation. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014; 2(8):149-151. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-2-8-1

Abstract

Primary pulmonary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a very rare neoplasm. It is represented most commonly by marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type. We here in report a case of 64 year old male presented with a lung mass that was diagnosed to be NHL, with metastases to liver and kidney. It represents only 3-4% of extranodal NHL, less than 1% of NHL, and only 0.5- 1% of primary pulmonary malignancies. Current treatment options are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.

Keywords

lymphoma, primary, lung

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