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  • Title: [Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with pulmonary involvement and various immunological abnormalities in an elderly patient].
    Author: Banno S, Nitta M, Takada K, Hasegawa R, Niimi T, Yamamoto T.
    Journal: Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi; 1993 Jun; 30(6):506-10. PubMed ID: 8361068.
    Abstract:
    A 85-year-old female was admitted with general fatigue and chest discomfort in July 1991. Her chest X-ray film showed several pulmonary nodules in the bilateral lung fields without hilar lymphadenopathy. Metastatic lung cancer was suspected, but primary cancer was not detected in spite of cancer screening. Hemoglobin was 8.7 g/dl. The patient also had various immunological abnormalities including increased serum cold agglutinin titer, decreased serum complement, positive anti-nuclear antigen and IgM-kappa monoclonal gammopathy detected by immunoelectrophoresis. She was diagnosed as having autoimmune hemolytic anemia with cold agglutinin disease and M-protein. With the administration of corticosteroids, hemolytic anemia improved temporarily, but the patient died of hemorrhagic gastritis. At autopsy, a lung tumor was detected in the left upper lobe, mainly without hilar lymphadenopathy. The autopsy specimens showed Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (diffuse medium-sized cell type), differentiated from macroglobulinemia by immunohistochemical studies. In elderly patients, with various immunological abnormalities, B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders such as malignant lymphoma should be suspected.
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