A case of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) lymphoma in the patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Author:
Sung Ho KI
1
;
Seong Ryul KWON
;
Sang Yong KANG
;
In Suh PARK
;
Mie Jin LIM
;
Hyun Joo PARK
;
Won PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. parkwon@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
BALT Lymphoma;
Rheumatoid Arthritis;
Pulmonary Nodule
- MeSH:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid*;
B-Lymphocytes;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Lymphoid Tissue*;
Lymphoma*;
Lymphoma, B-Cell;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin;
Radiography;
Thorax;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2007;73(2):228-232
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) lymphoma is a rare disorder and it is a characteristic subgroup of low-grade B-cell extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is classified as marginal zone lymphoma. We report here on a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who developed BALT lymphoma. She had no pulmonary symptoms and the pulmonary nodules were incidentally detected by routine chest radiography. Chest CT showed a 2.8cm sized ill-defined focal consolidation of homogenous attenuation in the posterobasal segment of the right lower lobe. The histological diagnosis from the wedge resection specimen revealed low grade B cell lymphoma of BALT. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first to report BALT lymphoma that developed in a Korean patient with rheumatoid arthritis. BALT lymphoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of the pulmonary nodules in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
