Article
Pyothorax-associated lymphoma: description of the first two cases detected in Italy.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Nov 1997
Ascani S, Piccioli M, Poggi S, Briskomatis A, Bolis G B, Liberati F, Frongillo R, Caramatti C, Fraternali-Orcioni G, Gamberi B, Zinzani P L, Lazzi S, Leoncini L, O'Leary J, Piccaluga P P, Pileri S A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a rare, but distinct, clinico-pathologic entity which occurs most often in Japanese people; to the best of our knowledge, only six cases of it have been reported in Western countries. The tumour develops several decades following artificial pneumothorax or chronic pleuritis due to tuberculous infection, produces pleural effusion associated with extensive local...
Topics
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Empyema, Tuberculous
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins
- Immunohistochemistry
- Italy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
- Phenotype
- Pleural Neoplasms