Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma with hot lung sign diagnosed by transbronchial lung cryobiopsy.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Michimata, H; Sumi, T; Keira, Y; Nagayama, D; Koshino, Y; Watanabe, H; Yamada, Y; Chiba, H
- Source
- QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. Oct2022, Vol. 115 Issue 10, p677-678. 2p.
- Subject
- *DIFFUSE large B-cell lymphomas
*LUNGS
*LYMPHOMAS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1460-2725
Based on the "hot lung" sign on positron emission tomography (PET)-CT (Figure 1a), we suspected the presence of lung involvement and performed a transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) of the right lower lobe. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed diffuse ground-glass shadows in the bilateral lungs. [Extracted from the article]