Lung resection for treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with a pulmonary lymphoma

Hany Elsayed; Mohamed Hassan; John Nash; Matthew Lyall; Michael Poullis

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.031

Lung resection for treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with a pulmonary lymphoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct;88(4):e37-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.031.

Authors

Hany Elsayed¹, Mohamed Hassan, John Nash, Matthew Lyall, Michael Poullis

Affiliation

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. [email protected]

PMID: 19766775
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.031

Abstract

Most primary lymphomas of the lung arise from the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue of the bronchus. Autoimmune phenomena are associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; among them immune thrombocytopenia is one of the most rare. In this study we report an extremely rare case of a patient with primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma associated with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, with rapid restoration of normal platelet count after lung resection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / complications
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / diagnosis
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / surgery*
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / complications
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / diagnosis
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / surgery*
Spirometry
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed