A case of adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma with large masses in the lung
Toshihiro Esakia Mitsuhiro Matsumotoa Kazuaki Sugaharaa Hideshi Uramotoa Junji Hamamotoa Hirotsugu Kohrogib
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto Saishunso National Hospital, National Hospital Organization
bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences Kumamoto University
An 81-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because chest X-ray imaging indicated large tumorous shadows in the right middle and lower lung fields. She exhibited no symptoms or physical signs. Chest CT showed a 35.6×22.4 mm mass in S4 and a 50.9×33.2 mm mass in S8 in the right lung. Her serum ATLA-antibody level was ×8,192, and the soluble interleukin-2 receptor was 5,852 U/ml, suggesting adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL). Cytology of a CT-guided biopsy specimen from the S8 tumor showed incised and segmented nuclei. Histopathology indicated moderately enlarged atypical lymphocytes; immunohistology showed that the tumor was negative for anaplastic lymphoma kinase, and positive for a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4), CD25, and CD30. Based on these findings, we diagnosed this case as ATLL. Thus we report a rare case of ATLL presenting with large pulmonary masses without ground-glass shadow, centrilobular nodules, septal lines, infiltration, and bronchiectasis, suggesting that ATLL is one of the differential diagnoses for large pulmonary tumors.
Adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma Lung mass
Received 24 Nov 2011 / Accepted 15 Mar 2012
AJRS, 1(6): 508-513, 2012