Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Presenting with Angioedema and Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrates
| Autor: | Robert L. Souhami, Anthony J. Newman Taylor, Peter G. Isaacson, Christopher Twelves, Bruce J. Addis, Nicholas K. Harrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Lung Diseases
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lymphoma Biopsy T-Lymphocytes Diagnosis Differential Radiologic sign immune system diseases Humans Medicine Angioedema Lung business.industry Respiratory disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Peripheral T-cell lymphoma Complement system medicine.anatomical_structure Female Radiography Thoracic Lymph Nodes medicine.symptom business Complication |
| Zdroj: | American Review of Respiratory Disease. 138:976-980 |
| ISSN: | 0003-0805 |
| DOI: | 10.1164/ajrccm/138.4.976 |
| Popis: | Peripheral T-cell lymphoma is becoming increasingly recognized as a clinical entity despite its protean clinical manifestations and morphological features. Pulmonary involvement is evident in 20% of patients at initial diagnosis and develops in a further 20% during the course of their disease. Angioedema resulting from immune-mediated complement depletion is a rare complication of B-cell tumors. It has not been reported in T-cell lymphoma. We describe a patient with peripheral T-cell lymphoma who presented with angioedema and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. Normal serum complement levels suggest that this patient developed angioedema independent of abnormalities in the complement cascade. |
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