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Open Access 01-12-2024 | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Case Report

A 47-Year-old Asian female with tracheobronchial space-occupying lesions caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Authors: Ji-Wei Zhu, Guo-Hong Cao, Fu-Quan Gao, Zhang Cao, Yan Feng, Hong-Kun Sun, Lu Liu, Pan Xu, Chang-Jun Lv, Lei Pan

Published in: BMC Pulmonary Medicine | Issue 1/2024

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Case presentation

A 47-year-old Asian woman was admitted with worsening chest tightness and dyspnea for 10 days. Computed tomography (CT) showed changes in the trachea and segmental bronchi. Pulmonary function results suggestive of severe obstructive ventilatory dysfunction. Bronchoscopic findings showed the presence of multiple nodular lesions in the patient’s trachea and left and right main bronchi. Bronchoscopic biopsy, lymph node biopsy and bone marrow aspiration flow cytometry test results led to a definitive diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), staged as Binet stage B and Rai stage 2.
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Metadata
Title
A 47-Year-old Asian female with tracheobronchial space-occupying lesions caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Authors
Ji-Wei Zhu
Guo-Hong Cao
Fu-Quan Gao
Zhang Cao
Yan Feng
Hong-Kun Sun
Lu Liu
Pan Xu
Chang-Jun Lv
Lei Pan
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Pulmonary Medicine / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2466
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03330-0

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