A Synchronous Presentation of AITL with Adenocarcinoma of Lung

Abstract

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a frequent subtype of peripheral T -cell lymphoma (PTCL) characterized by generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and frequent Bsymptoms. Extranodal manifestations are quite common in this subtype of Non Hodgkins Lymphoma which is characterized by frequent skin involvement. However, the extranodal disease should be evaluated thoroughly and a tissue diagnosis must be obtained to confirm lymphomatous involvement when the presentation is not classical. Here we report a case of AITL who presented with lung mass suspected to be due to lymphomatous involvement, but turned out to be a synchronous presentation of an adenocarcinoma of the lung. The possible relation between the two conditions is also elucidated.

Synchronous Primary Lung Cancer — Adenocarcinoma and Oncocytoma: The Rarest of Rare Duet

“…3 Adenocarcinoma has also been reported with lymphomas of lung and pleura rarely. 4,5 Yoon et al 6 described a novel case of synchronous triple lung cancer-squamous cell carcinoma, invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma and invasive non-mucinous adenocarcinoma.…”