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Case Reports
. 2012 Dec 6:2012:bcr2012006990.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006990.

Non-Hodgkins lymphoma in a patient with tracheal bronchus who presented with atypical pneumonia: a diagnostic dilemma

Nnamdi Nwaejike  1 , Anju Mirakhur, Jacob Joseph, Franco Sogliani
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Case Reports

Non-Hodgkins lymphoma in a patient with tracheal bronchus who presented with atypical pneumonia: a diagnostic dilemma

Nnamdi Nwaejike et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Chest x-ray on presentation. (B) Flexible bronchoscopy showing tracheal bronchus. (C) CT chest (mediastinal window) showing no significant station 2 lymph nodes. (D) CT chest (mediastinal window) showing no significant station 4 lymph nodes. (E) CT chest (mediastinal window) showing no significant station 7 lymph nodes. (F) CT chest (lung window) showing interstitial lung shadowing in the right middle lobe.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Slide (×40 magnification) showing lung tissue almost completely replaced by an abnormal lymphoid infiltrate with several larger pleomorphic cells some of which are binucleated. The cells were positive for B-cell markers CD20 and CD79a, making this a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
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