Yokota Tatsuya, Shimizu Natsue, Saitoh Yasuharu, Itoh Kazuhisa, Haraguchi Michihiko
Respiratory Medicine, Niigata City General Hospital.
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2006 Jul;44(7):522-7.
A 49-year-old woman with primary Sjögren's syndrome a few years previously was admitted to our hospital complaining of tongue and skin eruptions, swelling of the face and neck and for examination of liver injury and hypereosinophilia. A blood test revealed leukocytosis with eosinophilia, mild liver injury, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, and positive results for anti-nuclear antibody, anti-SS-A antibody and anti-SS-B antibody. Chest CT scan showed multiple nodular opacities with cavities in peripheral regions of both lungs. Biopsy specimens from the right lower lobe obtained by video-assisted thoracoscopy revealed marked infiltration of plasma cells and lymphocytes in alveolar lumina, lymph follicles with germinal centers in other areas of the pulmonary parenchyma, and lymphocytes infiltrate in alveolar wall adjacent bronchi and bronchioles. The histological diagnosis was pulmonary involvement of multicentric Castleman's disease. This was a rare case of Sjögren's syndrome accompanied by pathological findings of multicentric Castleman' s disease showed multiple nodular opacities in chest CT scans.
一名49岁女性,几年前患有原发性干燥综合征,因舌部及皮肤皮疹、面部和颈部肿胀入院,同时进行肝损伤及嗜酸性粒细胞增多症检查。血液检查显示白细胞增多伴嗜酸性粒细胞增多、轻度肝损伤、多克隆高球蛋白血症,抗核抗体、抗SS - A抗体及抗SS - B抗体检查结果均为阳性。胸部CT扫描显示双肺外周区域有多个伴有空洞的结节状阴影。通过电视辅助胸腔镜从右下叶获取的活检标本显示,肺泡腔内有大量浆细胞和淋巴细胞浸润,肺实质其他区域有含生发中心的淋巴滤泡,支气管和细支气管相邻的肺泡壁有淋巴细胞浸润。组织学诊断为多中心Castleman病累及肺部。这是一例罕见的干燥综合征伴有多中心Castleman病病理表现且胸部CT扫描显示多个结节状阴影的病例。