Primary Lymphosarcoma of Appendix in Childhood

Primary lymphosarcoma of the lung.

Primary Lymphosarcoma of the Lung

Pulmonary involvement in disseminated lymphosarcoma is comparatively common. Vieta and Craver (1941) found an incidence of nearly 25% by radiographic assessment in a series of 239 patients with lymphosarcoma* and a similar proportion of a smaller number coming to necropsy. This figure agrees closely with the post-mortem incidence reported by Robbins (1953) in an even larger series. More recentl...

Primary Lymphosarcoma of the Lung.

Pulmonary involvement in disseminated lymphosarcoma is comparatively common. Vieta and Craver (1941) found an incidence of nearly 25% by radiographic assessment in a series of 239 patients with lymphosarcoma* and a similar proportion of a smaller number coming to necropsy. This figure agrees closely with the post-mortem incidence reported by Robbins (1953) in an even larger series. More recentl...

[Primary lymphosarcoma of the lung].

Hurt, R. L. and Kennedy, W. P. U. (1974). Thorax, 29, 258-261. Primary Iymphos3rcoma of the lung. A case report of lymphosarcoma of the lung in a woman aged 69 years. Middle lobectomy was carried out and the diagnosis was made only on subsequent histological examination of the resected lobe. Abnormal immunoglobulins were present in the blood both before operation and one-and-a-half years later,...

Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix.

Primary (isolated) tuberculosis of the appendix is a clinical rarity, its reported incidence being 0.1 to 0.3%. Diagnosis is often made only after histopathological examination of resected specimen. This report describes two patients with clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis and appendicular mass respectively, who were finally diagnosed to have tuberculosis of the appendix on histopathologi...