[Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis radiologically mimicking interstitial pneumonia]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2007 Jun;45(6):483-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a rare case of pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis radiologically mimicking interstitial pneumonia. A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of chest bilateral reticular shadow with sustained cough and breathlessness for 10 years. Chest CT scans showed multiple ground-glass opacities, traction bronchiectasis and cystic change in both lungs, in addition to hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. A histopathologically diagnosis of pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis (angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion, grade 1) was made by thoracoscopic lung biopsy. In this case, serological and immunohistochemical analyses did not show Epstein-Barr virus infection. No clinical or radiological deterioration has been observed thereafter despite no medication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed