Korean J Radiol.  2000 Sep;1(3):159-161. 10.3348/kjr.2000.1.3.159.

Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (BALT) Lymphoma of the Lung Showing Mosaic Pattern of Inhomogeneous Attenuation on Thin-section CT: A Case Report

• Lee IJ
• Kim SH
• Koo SH
• Kim HB
• Hwang DH
• Lee KS
• Lee Y
• Jang KT
• Kim DH

• KMID: 877076
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2000.1.3.159

Abstract

The authors present a case of histologically proven bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) lymphoma of the lung in a patient with primary Sjogren's syn-drome that manifested on thin-section CT scan as a mosaic pattern of inhomoge-neous attenuation due to mixed small airway and infiltrative abnormalities

Keyword

Lung, diseases; Lung neoplasms, CT; Lymphoma, CT

MeSH Terms

Adult
Case Report
Female
Human
Lung Neoplasms/complications/*radiography
Lymphoid Tissue/radiography
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complications/*radiography
Sjogren's Syndrome/complications/radiography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods

Figure

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  Fig. 1 BALT lymphoma of the lung in a 33-year-old housewife with primary Sjögren's syndrome. A. Posterior-anterior chest radiograph shows diffuse reticulonodular densities in both lungs. B. Inspiratory thin-section CT scan shows mosaic pattern of inhomogeneous attenuation. Note the smaller caliber of pulmonary vessels within the area of lower attenuation than within the higher. Note too the presence of bronchial wall thickening in the lingular division of the upper lobe of the left lung. C. Expiratory thin-section CT scan shows no difference in the extent of mosaic pattern of inhomogeneous attenuation. D. Light microscopic examination of resected specimen shows diffuse infiltration of marginal zone lymphocytes into peribronchiolar alveolar space (H and E, × 100).

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