Lu He, Xianzheng Gao, Fanqing Meng, Jieyu Chen, Qianyun Shi, Linyue Zhao, Jun Yang, Qiang Zhou, Hongyan Wu, Wencai Li, Zhiwen Li
BACKGROUND: Primary or secondary pulmonary involvement by peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL) is rare and difficult to diagnose particularly via lung biopsies. METHODS: 22 cases of PTCL diagnosed initially in lung biopsies between January 2006 and November 2020 were retrospectively reviewed followed at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, respectively, including clinical manifestations, baseline biochemical indexes, images, histological findings and other available ancillary studies such as immunostaining, Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNA (EBER) in situ hybridization and T-cell receptor rearrangement analysis upon diagnosis...
March 2, 2024: Pathology, Research and Practice