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Primary Pulmonary T-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Asthma and Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Rare Case Report

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Specialty General Medicine
Date 2023 Dec 11
PMID 38077717
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Learning Points: Primary pulmonary T-cell lymphoma can manifest as atypical asthma and non-resolving pneumonia, making early diagnosis challenging.Malignant aetiologies, including primary pulmonary T-cell lymphoma, should be considered in cases of bilateral consolidations that do not respond to antibiotics and present CT angiogram signs.Histopathology remains the gold standard in primary pulmonary T-cell lymphoma diagnosis, wherein flexible bronchoscopy should be employed as a minimally invasive first-line approach for tissue biopsy.

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