Gencer Aysegul, Ozcibik Gizem, Karakas Fatma Gulsum, Sarbay Ismail, Batur Sebnem, Borekci Sermin, Turna Akif
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Campus, Istanbul 34098, Turkey.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul 34098, Turkey.
World J Clin Cases. 2022 Jul 6;10(19):6722-6727. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i19.6722.
Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare cystic lung disease usually affecting young adults. It is predicted that PLCH is a lung tumor precursor associated with dysfunction of the myeloid dendritic cells in the lung.
A 70-year-old male patient presented with chronic cough and sputum. He had symptoms for 5 years and described shortness of breath on exertion for the previous 3 years. He had a 60 packs/year smoking history. Computerized tomography of the thorax revealed an 11-mm nodule in the right lung lower lobe superior segment and a 7-mm nodule in the right lung lower lobe poster basal segment. Those two nodules were resected by means of right thoracoscopic surgery. Pathological evaluation revealed a squamous cell carcinoma and PLCH.
Coexistent squamous cell carcinoma and PLCH suggest possible association between PLCH and lung cancer.
肺朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增多症(PLCH)是一种罕见的囊性肺部疾病,通常影响年轻成年人。据预测,PLCH是一种与肺内髓样树突状细胞功能障碍相关的肺肿瘤前体。
一名70岁男性患者出现慢性咳嗽和咳痰症状。他有5年的症状史,并描述在过去3年中运动时气短。他有60包/年的吸烟史。胸部计算机断层扫描显示右肺下叶上段有一个11毫米的结节,右肺下叶后基底段有一个7毫米的结节。通过右胸腔镜手术切除了这两个结节。病理评估显示为鳞状细胞癌和PLCH。
鳞状细胞癌与PLCH并存提示PLCH与肺癌之间可能存在关联。