A case of T-cell lymphoma accompanying marked eosinophilia, chronic eosinophilic pneumonia and eosinophilic pleural effusion. A case report
Kawasaki, A.; Mizushima, Y.; Matsui, S.; Hoshino, K.; Yano, S.; Kitagawa, M.
Tumori 77(6): 527-530
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8916 PMID: 1803719 Document Number: 386405
A 57-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for lumbago, weight loss and weakness of her right lower extremity. Leukocytosis was evident with marked eosinophilia (65.5% = 46,000/mm3), and the chest roentgenogram showed diffuse reticular shadows throughout both lung fields and a left pleural effusion. The pleural effusion contained 22.4% eosinophils with no immature cells. Biopsy of a thumb-sized mass on the chest wall revealed a T-cell lymphoma of pleomorphic type. The diffuse pulmonary shadow was diagnosed as chronic eosinophilic pneumonia by autopsy. This was a relatively rare case of T-cell lymphoma, in which an eosinophilic pneumonia and eosinophilic pleural effusion were observed.