Gastesi Alexandra, Kapadia Daniel
Henry Ford Hospital, USA.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2024 May 28;50:102046. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102046. eCollection 2024.
Primary pleural lymphoma is very rare and occurs in only seven percent (7%) of lymphoma cases [1]. There are very few reports of primary pleural lymphoma and even then, it has been described in association with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or pyothorax [2]. However, we report a case of a patient with no history of HIV or pyothorax who presented with chronic cough and eventually progressively worsening dyspnea and found to have pleural thickening and a pleural-based mass. He was diagnosed with a rare case of primary pleural Hodgkin's lymphoma via thoracoscopy.
原发性胸膜淋巴瘤非常罕见,仅占淋巴瘤病例的7%[1]。关于原发性胸膜淋巴瘤的报道极少,即便有报道,也多描述其与人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染或脓胸有关[2]。然而,我们报告了一例患者,该患者无HIV感染史或脓胸病史,最初表现为慢性咳嗽,最终逐渐出现进行性加重的呼吸困难,检查发现有胸膜增厚及一个胸膜下肿物。通过胸腔镜检查,他被诊断为罕见的原发性胸膜霍奇金淋巴瘤病例。