A case of intravascular large b-cell lymphoma (ivlbcl) with no abnormal findings on chest computed tomography diagnosed by random transbronchial lung biopsy

Norihito Kaku, Masafumi Seki*, Seiji Doi, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Daisuke Imanishi, Yoshifumi Imamura, Shintaro Kurihara, Taiga Miyazaki, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shigeru Kohno

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Abstract

A 58-year-old woman was admitted with refractory fever despite receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics. She had hypoxemia, severe anemia, elevated levels of serum lactic dehydrogenase and soluble interleukin-2 receptor, and a positive direct Coombs test, which suggested an underlying autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Chest computed tomography (CT) showed no abnormal findings, but she had hypoxia, and her alveolar-arterial oxygen difference (A-aDO2) was increased. A random transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) was performed, and pathological analysis showed massive proliferation of tumor cells in the lumina of the small vessels. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) was diagnosed, and her general status improved after chemotherapy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2697-2701
Number of pages5
JournalInternal Medicine
Volume49
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (aiha)
  • Computed tomography
  • Fever of unknown origin (fuo)
  • Intravascular large b-cell lymphoma (ivlbcl)
  • Rituximab
  • Transbronchial lung biopsy (tblb)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine

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