Successful Diagnosis by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical Lung Biopsy in a Case of Progressive Primary Pulmonary Extranodal Natural Killer/T-cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type: A Case Report.

Autor:	Anai S; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Yuuai Medical Center, Tomigusuku City, JPN., Gushiken H; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Yuuai Medical Center, Tomigusuku City, JPN., Chinen S; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Yuuai Medical Center, Tomigusuku City, JPN., Gakiya A; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Yuuai Medical Center, Tomigusuku City, JPN., Kiyuna M; Division of Pathology, Yuuai Medical Center, Tomigusuku City, JPN.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cureus [Cureus] 2023 Jan 26; Vol. 15 (1), pp. e34227. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 26 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.34227
Abstrakt:	Malignant pulmonary lymphoma is very rare and the majority of which are B-cell lymphomas. Since primary pulmonary extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKL) is difficult to diagnose and associated with poor prognosis and aggressive course, some cases are diagnosed at the postmortem autopsy. We report a case of a 53-year-old man with primary pulmonary ENKL diagnosed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung biopsy. This case explains the importance of VATS lung biopsy and in-depth evaluation, including flow cytometry, chromosome, genetic, and immunostaining tests, when primary pulmonary malignant lymphoma is suspected. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2023, Anai et al.)
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