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Synchronous mantle cell lymphoma and lung adenocarcinoma presenting in a pleural effusion: A rare tumour combination and a potential pitfall of cytodiagnosis
Author(s) -
Kai K.,
Ryu Y.,
Kamochi K.,
Nishioka A.,
Kubota Y.,
Nakamura M.,
Kimura S.,
Sueoka E.,
Aishima S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12532
Subject(s) - mantle cell lymphoma , medicine , pleural effusion , adenocarcinoma , pathology , lung , lymphoma , effusion , radiology , cancer , surgery
This report describes the first case of mantle cell lymphoma synchronously appearing with lung adenocarcinoma in pleural effusion. MCL cells were not detected initially due to the presence of an overwhelming number of adenocarcinoma cell clusters.