Slabbynck H, Mignolet M, Kockx M, Galdermans D, Coolen D
Dept of Pneumology, AZ Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 1996 Jun;51(3):199-200.
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is a unique form of pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis characterized histologically by a necrotizing angiocentric and angiodestructive lymphoid infiltrate, which in most cases represents a proliferation of Epstein-Barr virus infected B-cells, with a prominent T-cell reaction. The most common radiographic findings in lymphoma-toid granulomatosis are multiple rounded mass densities, often suggestive of metastatic tumour. We report a case of spontaneous pneumothorax with bronchopleural fistula in a patient suffering from lymphomatoid granulomatosis.
