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Primary lung lymphoma involving the superior vena cava

Authors: Sen Wei, Xin Li, Xiaomin Qiu, Honglin Zhao, Gang Chen, Jun Chen, Qinghua Zhou

Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2012

Abstract

Primary lung lymphoma (PLL) presenting as a primary pulmonary lesion is rare and usually affects elderly people. Here we describe a 25-year-old Chinese man diagnosed with primary lung lymphoma, which presented as a huge lung tumor mimicking a primary lung cancer and involving the superior vena cava. He underwent double-sleeve reconstructions of bronchus and pulmonary arteries with right upper- and middle-lobe lobectomy along with replacement of the superior vena cava with a graft, and was then given standard chemotherapy of CHOP plus Rituximab. The patient has been well, showing no local recurrence or distal metastasis during a 27-month follow-up.

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Title: Primary lung lymphoma involving the superior vena cava
Authors: Sen Wei
Xin Li
Xiaomin Qiu
Honglin Zhao
Gang Chen
Jun Chen
Qinghua Zhou
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-131

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