An Uncommon Malignant Pleural Effusion

Authors

Israel E. Acosta-Sanchez MD, HCA HealthcareFollow
Kathlyn Camargo Macias MD, HCA HealthcareFollow
A MadaniehFollow
C Orabi MDFollow
J Otoya MD

Division

North Florida

Hospital

Osceola Regional Medical Center

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

10-2019

Keywords

pleural lymphoma, cytology, malignant pleural effusion, case reports

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Internal Medicine | Neoplasms | Pulmonology

Abstract

Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) are usually related to metastatic malignant tumors, most commonly from lung cancer and breast cancer, in men and women respectively (2). We report a case of primary pleural low-grade B-cell lymphoma presenting with a right pleural effusion, which management differs from other etiologies of MPE

Publisher or Conference

American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting

Recommended Citation

Sanchez IA, et al. An uncommon malignant pleural effusion. Chest. 2019;156(4, Supplement):A1468. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.1302