Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

T R Orchard; C D Eraut; A G Davison

doi:10.1136/thx.53.3.228

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

Thorax. 1998 Mar;53(3):228-9. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.3.228.

Authors

T R Orchard¹, C D Eraut, A G Davison

Affiliation

¹ Heart and Chest Clinic, Southend Hospital, Essex, UK.

Abstract

The case report is presented of a patient with longstanding cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis who developed a high grade B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in an area of fibrosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Lung / pathology
Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications*
Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology
Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*
Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology