Open AccessAsymptomatic Patient with “Lumpy and Bumpy” Airways. A Case of Pulmonary MALToma
Author(s) -
Mehul Agarwal,
Manohar Lal Gupta,
Kunal Deokar,
Neha Bharti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-6031
pISSN - 2451-4934
DOI - 10.5603/arm.a2020.0165
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , lymphoma , radiology , rare disease , pulmonary disease , lung , pathology , malt lymphoma , disease
Primary pulmonary lymphoma is a rare disease. The most frequent primary pulmonary lymphoma (PPL) is extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT. About half of the patients are asymptomatic at diagnosis. We report a case of a 62-year-old male referred to us for preoperative assessment of surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). He had no respiratory complaints but on evaluation was detected to have Pulmonary MALToma. Our case highlights the importance of tissue diagnosis.