diffuse large b cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-hodgkin's lymphoma, representing nearly one-third of all cases. any organ can be involved, making a diagnostic biopsy imperative. when the lungs are the involved organs, it is called primary pulmonary lymphoma (ppl). hereby, we present a case of primary pulmonary lymphoma (ppl) that demonstrated a single large mass on chest ct and had...

Akciğer parankimine sınırlı ve yapılan tetkiklerde hiler lenf nodu tutulumu bulunmayan lenfoma, primer pulmoner lenfoma (PPL) olarak adlandırılır. PPL akciğer kanserlerinin <%0.5'ini azını, lenfomaların <%1'ini, ekstranodal %3-4'ünü oluşturur Hodgkin ya da non-Hodgkin sınıflandırılabilir. T hücresi kökenli oldukça nadir olup ana fenotip anaplastik büyük hücreli lenfomadır. Hastalar sıklıkla bal...

primary colorectal lymphoma (pcl) is a rare condition that accounts for a small percentage of all gastrointestinal (gi) malignancies. there are several reports in the literature regarding the most common features of pcl. however, primary lymphoma in the rectosigmoid junction has been rarely reported. our case was a 67-year-old male who presented with non-specific symptoms of bowel obstruction w...

common radiologic features of lymphoma in lung are included: adenopathy, pleural effusion, multiple or solitary masses and diffuse infiltration. we want to present a 28y/o male with pulmonary hodgkin lymphoma with a rare radiographic pattern and distinct histologic description that at first misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis but eventually lung biopsy confirmed diagnosis of pulmonary hodgki...

non-hodgkin lymphoma (nhl) is one of the masquerade syndromes of malignant melanoma that can occur with two main patterns of presentations in the eye: metastatic involvement of uveal tract, and primary involvement of retina. we report ophthalmic, imaging and histopathological findings in the first case diagnosed as primary choroidal nhl without central nervous system or systemic involvement. a ...

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an extranodal low-grade B-cell lymphoma. Pulmonary MALT lymphoma is considered to originate from bronchial MALT and is also referred to as bronchial-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Pulmonary MALT lymphoma is a rare disease, but it is the most frequent subset of primary pulmonary lymphoma. The median age at diagnosis of pulmonary MALT lym...

The authors report 2 cases of primary pulmonary lymphoma. The first case was a 65 year old woman with a diagnosis of lymphocytic lymphoma confirmed by surgical biopsy, after being suspected on the basis of bronchoscopic biopsies and bronchiolo-alveolar aspiration. Twenty one months after the beginning of treatment with chemotherapy and six months after this treatment was completed, the patient ...