Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis and obvious ossification due to primary pulmonary MALT lymphoma with extensive plasmacytic differentiation: Report of a rare case and review of the literature

Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2015 Jun 1;8(6):7482-7. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Localized (primary) pulmonary amyloidosis associated with pulmonary low-grade B cell lymphoma is rarely occurred. Here we report an unusual case of nodular pulmonary amyloidosis and obvious ossification due to primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma with extensive plasmacytic differentiation in a 59-year-old man; moreover, two bronchial lymph nodes were involved histologically. The patient underwent a left lower lobectomy along with mediastinal lymphadenectomy. He received no adjuvant therapy and the postoperative course was uneventful within the 14 months follow-up period after his initial diagnosis.

Keywords: MALT lymphoma; Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis; ossification.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidosis / etiology
  • Amyloidosis / pathology*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / complications
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / etiology
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
  • Plasma Cells / pathology*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor