Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2018 Apr;51(2):133-137. 10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.2.133.

Pulmonary Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia in a 33-Year-Old Woman

• Park JY
• Park SY
• Haam S
• Jung J
• Koh YW

• KMID: 2409698
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.2.133

Abstract

Pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia is a reactive lymphoproliferative disease. It is very rare, which means that many aspects of the disease are unknown or have not been proven. Pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia can be symptomatic or asymptomatic, progressive or not, and solitary or multiple, and a surgical approach is the current treatment of choice. We present a case of pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia that was visualized as multiple ground glass opacities on a computed tomography (CT) scan, and observed for 1 year because the patient was pregnant. Over this period, the number and extent of the opacities progressed, but no symptoms were reported. A surgical biopsy was done and some remaining lesions regressed on follow-up CT scans, while others progressed, without any appearance of symptoms.

Keyword

Respiratory tract diseases; Lung, benign or congenital lesions; Thoracoscopy; Video-assisted thoracic surgery; Lung, pathology

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Biopsy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Glass
Humans
Hyperplasia*
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Thoracoscopy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed