A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation

Richter’s transformation (RT) refers to the development of aggressive lymphoma during the course of CLL. Clinically, patients with RT present with an aggressive disease course with rapidly enlarging lymph nodes, hepatosplenomegaly, and elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase levels. But rarely it prese...

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Main Authors: Fatma Yıldırım, İskender Kara, Sedat Yıldız, Nalan Akyürek, Kadir Acar, Melda Türkoglu, Gülbin Aygencel
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/945268
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author Fatma Yıldırım
İskender Kara
Sedat Yıldız
Nalan Akyürek
Kadir Acar
Melda Türkoglu
Gülbin Aygencel
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description Richter’s transformation (RT) refers to the development of aggressive lymphoma during the course of CLL. Clinically, patients with RT present with an aggressive disease course with rapidly enlarging lymph nodes, hepatosplenomegaly, and elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase levels. But rarely it presents with extra nodal organ involvement at the beginning. Common sites of extra nodal involvement are the gastrointestinal tract, eye, central nervous system, lung, and kidney. We are reporting this case that was presented with RT in the lung involvement diagnosed while researching cavitary lesion etiology.
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spelling doaj-art-99444955e4234589a86909f25b2c7ce42025-08-20T03:37:03ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542015-01-01201510.1155/2015/945268945268A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s TransformationFatma Yıldırım0İskender Kara1Sedat Yıldız2Nalan Akyürek3Kadir Acar4Melda Türkoglu5Gülbin Aygencel6Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyIntensive Care Unite, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Hematology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyIntensive Care Unite, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyIntensive Care Unite, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyRichter’s transformation (RT) refers to the development of aggressive lymphoma during the course of CLL. Clinically, patients with RT present with an aggressive disease course with rapidly enlarging lymph nodes, hepatosplenomegaly, and elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase levels. But rarely it presents with extra nodal organ involvement at the beginning. Common sites of extra nodal involvement are the gastrointestinal tract, eye, central nervous system, lung, and kidney. We are reporting this case that was presented with RT in the lung involvement diagnosed while researching cavitary lesion etiology.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/945268
spellingShingle Fatma Yıldırım
İskender Kara
Sedat Yıldız
Nalan Akyürek
Kadir Acar
Melda Türkoglu
Gülbin Aygencel
A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation
Case Reports in Pulmonology
title A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation
title_full A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation
title_fullStr A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation
title_short A Rare Cause of Cavitary Lesion in the Lung: Richter’s Transformation
title_sort rare cause of cavitary lesion in the lung richter s transformation
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/945268
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