Open AccessHammering home the sickle: an instructive case of endobronchial anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Author(s) -
Mohammad Abu-Hishmeh,
Laura Miranda,
Fouzia Shakil,
Tauseef Ahmed,
Oleg Epelbaum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
monaldi archives for chest disease. pulmonary series/monaldi archives for chest disease/monaldi archives for chest disease. cardiac series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2465-101X
pISSN - 1122-0643
DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1601
Subject(s) - anaplastic large cell lymphoma , medicine , lymphoma , context (archaeology) , atelectasis , large cell , pathology , radiology , lung , cancer , adenocarcinoma , biology , paleontology
It is extremely unusual for primary pulmonary lymphoma, an uncommon occurrence in any form, to be of T-cell origin and to manifest as an endobronchial lesion. Each of these characteristics is rare individually, so cases that combine them are exceptional. We report a patient in whom primary pulmonary anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a T-cell neoplasm, presented with obstruction of the left upper lobe bronchus, resulting in left upper lobe atelectasis and creating the radiographic luftsichel sign. We briefly discuss anaplastic large cell lymphoma as a whole, place our case in the context of previously published literature on endobronchial anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and review the genesis of the luftsichel sign.