A case of diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma originating from chest wall complicated by benign asbestos pleural effusion

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 expir...

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Published in:Respirology case reports 2021-03, Vol.9 (3), p.e00714-n/a
Main Authors: Kondo, Nobuyuki, Inoue, Yukihisa, Takeyama, Hiroaki, Kobayashi, Akiko, Matsubara, Osamu, Jinn, Yasuto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apoptosis
Asbestos
benign asbestos pleural effusion
Biopsy
Case Report
Case Reports
chest wall lymphoma
diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma
Gene expression
Infections
Kinases
Lung cancer
Lymphoma
Mesothelioma
Pathogenesis
Peptides
Pleural effusion
Signal transduction
Tumors
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2051-3380
2051-3380
DOI:10.1002/rcr2.714