Primary lung lymphoma involving the superior vena cava

World J Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun 30:10:131. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-131.

Abstract

Primary lung lymphoma (PLL) presenting as a primary pulmonary lesion is rare and usually affects elderly people. Here we describe a 25-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with primary lung lymphoma, which presented as a huge lung tumor mimicking a primary lung cancer and involving the superior vena cava. He underwent double-sleeve reconstructions of bronchus and pulmonary arteries with right upper- and middle-lobe lobectomy along with replacement of the superior vena cava with a graft, and was then given standard chemotherapy of CHOP plus Rituximab. The patient has been well, showing no local recurrence or distal metastasis during a 27-month follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Vena Cava, Superior / pathology*