Pulmonary Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia in a 33-Year-Old Woman.
10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.2.133
- Author:
Ji Ye PARK
1
;
Seong Yong PARK
;
Seokjin HAAM
;
Joonho JUNG
;
Young Wha KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Respiratory tract diseases;
Lung, benign or congenital lesions;
Thoracoscopy;
Video-assisted thoracic surgery;
Lung, pathology
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Biopsy;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Glass;
Humans;
Hyperplasia*;
Respiratory Tract Diseases;
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted;
Thoracoscopy;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2018;51(2):133-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
