Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2007 Jul;40(7):517-519.

Surgical Treatment of the Pulmonary Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia: A case report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. kychu@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.

Abstract

Nodular Lymphoid hyperplasia of the lung has a very low incidence and both the nomenclature and this disease entity have changed since its appearance in the 1960s. It has recently been classified as lymphoid hyperplasia of the B cell associated lymphoid tissue. Ground glass opacity was incidentally diagnosed in the right lower lobe of the a 60 year old male and he underwent right lower lobe lobectomy. The opacified lesion in the chest CT was diagnosed as nodular lymphoid hyperplasia under microscopic examination.

Keyword

Lung pathology; Hyperplasia; Nodules; Lung

MeSH Terms

Glass
Humans
Hyperplasia*
Incidence
Lung
Lymphoid Tissue
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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