Pulmonary MALT lymphoma – A rare form of lymphoma
João Meneses Santos
Raed Zakout
Carlos Ferreira
Maria João Palhano
Rui MM Victorino
Resumo
]]> Os autores apresentam um caso de linfoma MALT do pulmão numa doente assintomática mas com imagens radiológicas exuberantes, cujo diagnóstico só foi possível por biópsia pulmonar cirúrgica obtida por toracoscopia assistida por vídeo, após a ineficácia da biópsia pulmonar transbrônquica e da punção aspirativa transtorácica. Descrevem os aspectos clínicos e radiológicos daquela forma de linfoma, salientando a possibilidade de expressão assintomática prolongada e discutem problemas de diagnóstico, prognóstico e terapêutica.Palavras-chave: Linfoma MALT, linfoma MALT do pulmão, biópsia pulmonar cirúrgica.
Abstract
The authors report a case of pulmonary MALT lymphoma in an asymptomatic patient with a chest radiograph showing bilateral infiltrates. The diagnosis was made by surgical lung biopsy performed by videoassisted thoracoscopy. The transbronchial lung and the transthoracic core-needle biopsies were non-diagnostic. The clinical and radiological features of the pulmonary MALT lymphoma are described and relevant diagnostic, prognostic and treatment factors are discussed.
Key-words: MALT lymphoma, pulmonary MALT lymphoma, surgical lung biopsy.
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]]> Recebido para publicação/received for publication: 06.07.27
Aceite para publicação/accepted for publication: 06.09.27
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