Lung and pleural involvement in lymphosarcoma

The pulmonary-pleural syndrome is often encountered in practice as a manifestation of lymphosarcoma that may be suspected on the basis of "atypical" pneumonia characterized by relapses and tendencies towards bilateral polysegmental lesions with the involvement into the process of the intra...

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Published in:	Terapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 62; no. 11; p. 132
Main Authors:	Poiarkov, N A, Brusin, S I, Tsyvina, A V
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 1990
Subjects:	Adolescent Aged Humans Lymphatic Metastasis Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - complications Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - diagnosis Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - pathology Male Pleurisy - diagnosis Pleurisy - etiology Pleurisy - pathology Pneumonia - diagnosis Pneumonia - etiology Pneumonia - pathology
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Summary:	The pulmonary-pleural syndrome is often encountered in practice as a manifestation of lymphosarcoma that may be suspected on the basis of "atypical" pneumonia characterized by relapses and tendencies towards bilateral polysegmental lesions with the involvement into the process of the intrathoracic lymph nodes of complicated by hemorrhagic pleurisy, with the presence of pronounced alterations on the part of the blood in the form of anemia and lymphocytosis. Biopsy of an enlarged peripheral lymph node is the only reliable method of verification of lymphosarcoma diagnosis.
ISSN:	0040-3660