A case of diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma originating from chest wall complicated by benign asbestos pleural effusion
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hiroaki Takeyama; Osamu Matsubara; Nobuyuki Kondo; Yukihisa Inoue; Yasuto Jinn; Akiko Kobayashi
- Source
- Respirology Case Reports
Respirology Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
- Subject
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Pleural effusion
Autopsy
Case Report
Case Reports
benign asbestos pleural effusion
medicine.disease_cause
Asbestos
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Back pain
lcsh:RC705-779
business.industry
diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma
Soft tissue
lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system
medicine.disease
Chest Wall Lymphoma
Lymphoma
030228 respiratory system
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
chest wall lymphoma
Radiology
medicine.symptom
business
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2051-3380
A 78‐year‐old man with exposure to asbestos was admitted to our hospital for back pain. A chest computed tomography showed right pleural effusion and a significant increase in the size of masses in the right chest wall over an interval of six months. He did not undergo further examinations and expired one month later. Autopsy revealed the presence of diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and complicated by benign asbestos pleural effusion. We considered that this tumour had originated from the soft tissue in the chest wall based on the radiological and autopsy findings. The present report highlights that primary DLBCL of chest wall might be associated with chronic inflammation due to asbestos‐related pleural diseases.
Here, we report a case of primary diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) presenting as chest wall tumour complicated by benign asbestos pleural effusion, which was confirmed by autopsy.