Key result
Pulmonary involvement in lymphoma manifests in five major CT patterns: large masses, mass-like consolidation, nodules, ground-glass opacities, and lymphangitis/perilymphatic spread.
Why the study?
Lymphomatous involvement of the lungs manifests in diverse and overlapping patterns that present a diagnostic challenge to radiologists.
Observational (n=18)
No
Pulmonary lymphoma presents with diverse CT manifestations including masses, consolidation, nodules, ground-glass opacities, and lymphangitic patterns, requiring a high index of suspicion.
These CT patterns may aid suspicion for pulmonary lymphoma; leaves open prospective validation before diagnostic use.
Lymphomatous involvement of the lungs manifests in an infinite number of ways. Often there is a considerable overlap of the patterns of manifestations which comes as a diagnostic challenge to the radiologist. We retrospectively reviewed the pulmonary manifestations of biopsy proven cases of primary or secondary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patterns of lung involvement were then classified into broad categories which included large masses, mass like consolidation, nodules with or without cavitation, ground glass and lymphangitis/ perilymphatic pattern. This article illustrates the spectrum of CT manifestations of lung involvement in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as well as Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Angirish et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Pulmonary lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin's or Hodgkin's lymphoma) (n=18). Lymphoma with pulmonary involvement was evaluated on Morphological pattern of appearance on CT. Pulmonary involvement in lymphoma manifests in five major CT patterns: large masses, mass-like consolidation, nodules, ground-glass opacities, and lymphangitis/perilymphatic spread.
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