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Abstract
Case Report
A case of malignant lymphoma that developed during treatment for lung adenocarcinoma
Haruna Masaki Satoru Ishii Masayuki Hojo Yuichiro Takeda Nobuyuki Kobayashi Haruhito Sugiyama
Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
ABSTRACT
A 74-year-old woman presented with dyspnea on exertion. Chest radiograph showed cardiac enlargement and bilateral pleural effusion. The patient had been receiving gefitinib for lung adenocarcinoma for 2 years. Progression resulting from lung cancer and primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) were suspected. Based on immunostaining of cell block sections from the pleural effusion, a diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was made. Although Southern blotting analysis was not performed, PEL was also suggested from the clinical course. We experienced a patient who developed malignant lymphoma during treatment for lung adenocarcinoma.
KEYWORDS
Primary effusion lymphoma Double primary lung cancer Diffuse large B cell lymphoma Cell block
Received 30 May 2012 ／ Accepted 26 Nov 2012
AJRS, 2(3): 219-222, 2013
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