Primary pleural lymphoma accompanied by silicosis

Yoshiki Matano; Akihito Okazaki; Kazuhiko Iwasaki

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6826

Primary pleural lymphoma accompanied by silicosis

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jan 8;11(1):e6826. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6826. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Yoshiki Matano¹, Akihito Okazaki¹, Kazuhiko Iwasaki^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine Kaga Medical Center Kaga Japan.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kanazawa Japan.

Abstract

Reports of malignant lymphoma accompanied by silicosis are limited. A 93-year-old man with silicosis presented with right massive pleural effusions and was diagnosed with primary pleural lymphoma. Since there was no evidence of chronic pyothorax or Epstein-Barr virus infection, it may be due to silicosis-associated chronic inflammation.

Keywords: lymphoma; pleural effusions; silicosis; thoracoscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports