CT imaging in lobar primary pulmonary lymphoma can demonstrate patent but stretched and irregularly narrowed bronchi without hilar mass or mediastinal adenopathy.
CT pattern of stretched narrowed bronchi without mass may suggest lobar lymphoma; extends sparse case reports but leaves validation open.
A case of lobar primary pulmonary lymphoma is presented. In an asymptomatic patient with chronic lobar consolidation, CT confirmed the absence of a hilar mass or mediastinal adenopathy and demonstrated patent but stretched and irregularly narrowed bronchi.
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