Rare case of nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of left lung in the patient with previous pulmonary tuberculosis.

AIM

To describe the case of rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder - pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia in the patient with previous pulmonary tuberculosis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

In the case of pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia clinical, laboratory, instrumental and morphological examination was performed.

RESULTS

44-year-old woman in 7 years after successfully treated infiltrative drug-susceptible tuberculosis of the right lung, was hospitalized with a suspected tumor of the left lung root. The patient underwent left-sided pneumonectomy with lymph nodes dissection. The results of histopathological and immunohistochemical studies evidenced on nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the left lung.

CONCLUSION

Pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of the lung with favorable prognosis. For the purpose of differential diagnosis, it is necessary to apply immunohistochemistry.