Abstract
A 64-year-old male with throat discomfort visited our hospital, and a chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a cystic lesion with a central solid component in the right lung (in the lower lobe, 4.1 x 3.9 cm in diameter). Transbronchial lung biopsy was performed and the lesion was diagnosed as mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the lung. No other lymphoma lesion was detected and it was diagnosed as the stage I-E, and a right lower lobectomy was performed. The cystic lesion derived from alveolus and bronchus destroyed by lymphoma infiltration and it might be caused by air retention due to check-valve mechanism.
MeSH terms
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Cysts / diagnostic imaging
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Cysts / etiology*
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Cysts / pathology
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Cysts / surgery*
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Humans
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Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Lung Diseases / etiology*
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Lung Diseases / pathology
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Lung Diseases / surgery*
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Lung Neoplasms / complications*
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Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
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Lymph Node Excision
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / complications*
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / diagnostic imaging
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / pathology
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Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / surgery*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pneumonectomy
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome