A Case of Pulmonary Intravascular Lymphomatosis.

Park, Sang Jong; Bae, Sang Su; Cheon, Eun Mi; Kwon, O Jung; Rhee, Chong H; Han, Yong Chol; Kim, Jin Guk; Lee, Kyung Soo; Ko, Young Hye

doi:1997.44.6.1390

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 44(6); 1997 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1997;44(6):1390-1395.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1997.44.6.1390 Published online December 1, 1997.

A Case of Pulmonary Intravascular Lymphomatosis.

Sang Jong Park, Sang Su Bae, Eun Mi Cheon, O Jung Kwon, Chong H Rhee, Yong Chol Han, Jin Guk Kim, Kyung Soo Lee, Young Hye Ko

¹Department of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Intravascular lymphomatosis(IVL) which was first described by pfleger and Tappeiner in 1959 is rare malignancy characterized by neoplastic proliferation of lymphoid cell lineage within the vascular lumen with little or no adjacent parenchymal involvement. Its usual sites of involvement are central nervous system and skin or infrequently heart, lungs, pancreas, liver, spleen, kidney, adrenal glands, genitourinary tract, and bone marrow. Pulmonary involvement of IVL is not common. Symptoms of pulmonary involvement include dyspnea, cough and fever. Radiologicially, the disease is manifested with diffuse interstitial infiltrates. We report a recently experienced case of pulmonary intravascular lymphomatosis which was manifested with fever and chest pain.

Key Words: Intravascular lymphomatosis, Lymphoma