DOI: 10.12890/2019_001249

A Rare Case of Primary Pulmonary Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

Authors

  • Joana Carvalho Pulmonology Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Diogo Paixão Marques Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Inês Oliveira Pulmonology Department, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Cláudia Claudino Haematology Department, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal

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Keywords

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK positive, primary lung lymphoma, lung neoplasm

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are rare causes of primary lung neoplasms and most are B-cell in origin. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is an exceedingly rare type of primary pulmonary lymphoma, with an aggressive clinical course.
We present the case of an 85-year old male patient who attended our Emergency Department complaining of respiratory and constitutional symptoms, and who was found to have a bronchial mass causing subtotal atelectasis of the left lung. Histological examination showed an anaplastic large cell lymphoma and further investigation revealed that it was limited to the lung. To our knowledge, very few similar cases have been reported in the literature.

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Published

2019-09-09

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 9 (2019)

How to Cite

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Carvalho J, Paixão Marques D, Oliveira I, Claudino C. A Rare Case of Primary Pulmonary Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 9 [cited 2026 Nov. 4];6(9). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1249

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