Primary Lung Lymphoma

Authors: Daniele Vallisa; Elena Trabacchi; Luigi Cavanna

Source: Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy, Volume 3, Number 4, December 2004 , pp. 469-471(3)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

Lymphoproliferative disorders affecting the lung are infrequent. Therefore the diagnosis is often not easy, specially when the lung is primary affected. Moreover, new clinical-pathological entities are responsible of primary lung lymphoma that require specific treatment. It is important to keep in mind the chance that lung may be involved by lymphoproliferative disorders so to avoid the mistake of the misdiagnosis of this curable diseases since sometimes they have a good prognosis and a very different management from epithelial neoplasia of the lung.

Keywords: non-Hodgkins lymphoma; autoimmune diseases; copd; endothelin-1; vasoconstrictor; growth hormone; hiv; myeloid metaplasia

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568010042634550

Affiliations: 1: Div. of Internal Medicine and Haematology. Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital. Via Taverna. Piacenza. Italy.

Publication date: 2004-12-01