Surgical treatment of primary malignant lymphoma of the lung
Katsumura, T.; Fujiwara, T.; Yamane, M.; Motohiro, K.; Takahara, I.; Sato, M.; Kinugasa, Y.; Kiso, A.
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai 28(11): 1729-1734
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-4739 PMID: 7462721 Document Number: 160069
Primary malignant lymphoma of the lung is a comparatively rare neoplasm with a characteristically limited mode of extension, and little tendency for distant spread. These facts should encourage attempts at curative therapy whether by surgical excision, irradiation, chemotherapy or combined method. The characteristic long survival without distant metastases and the frequency of apparent cures, reported in the literature, support an optimistic approach. A case of primary pulmonary lymphosarcoma in a man aged 46 yr was reported. The patient was asymptomatic; the tumor was detected on routine chest roentgenogram. Right middle and lower lobectomy associated with radical dissection of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes was carried out; the diagnosis was made only on subsequent histological examination of the resected lobes, although any metastasis of dissected lymph nodes were not found. There is no evidence of the malignant process to any part of the body 3 yr later. The tumor could be determined as primary pulmonary lymphosarcoma in contrast to systemic disease.