Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis mimicking lung cancer

Waldemar Bartosik; Adnan Raza; Sangeetha Kalimuthu; Aurelie Fabre

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivr083

Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis mimicking lung cancer

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 May;14(5):662-4. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivr083. Epub 2012 Feb 22.

Authors

Waldemar Bartosik¹, Adnan Raza, Sangeetha Kalimuthu, Aurelie Fabre

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. w_bartosik@o2.pl

Abstract

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) of the lung is an extremely rare, Epstein-Barr virus-related lymphoproliferative disease. We report a case of pulmonary LYG that presented as a large necrotic mass.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
DNA, Viral / isolation & purification
Diagnosis, Differential
Herpesvirus 4, Human / genetics
Humans
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Lung Neoplasms / virology
Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / diagnosis*
Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / pathology
Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / surgery
Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / virology
Male
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging
Necrosis
Pneumonectomy
Positron-Emission Tomography
Predictive Value of Tests
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

DNA, Viral