Table 1.

Patient classification and diagnosis of pulmonary lesions


Patient characteristics

No. patients
Patients with unpreviously diagnosed B-NHL  82  
Primary pulmonary lymphomas   13  
MALT lymphomas   10  
DLBCL   3  
Nonlymphomatous pulmonary lesions   63  
Diffuse interstitial pneumoniae   35  
Fibrosis/BOOP/LIP/drug-induced   16  
Associated with autoimmune disease   13  
Granulomatosis/sarcoidosis   6  
Infectious pneumoniae   20  
Miscellaneous*  8  
Undetermined diagnosis   6  
Patients with previously diagnosed B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder  24  
Secondary pulmonary B-cell NHL   9  
DLBCL   2  
Mantle cell lymphoma   1  
Follicular lymphoma   1  
Diffuse small cell lymphoma   4  
MALT lymphoma   1  
Nonlymphomatous pulmonary lesions   12  
Diffuse interstitial pneumoniae   —  
Fibrosis/drug-induced   5  
Infectious pneumoniae   5  
Miscellaneous cancer   2  
Undetermined diagnosis
 
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Patient characteristics

No. patients
Patients with unpreviously diagnosed B-NHL  82  
Primary pulmonary lymphomas   13  
MALT lymphomas   10  
DLBCL   3  
Nonlymphomatous pulmonary lesions   63  
Diffuse interstitial pneumoniae   35  
Fibrosis/BOOP/LIP/drug-induced   16  
Associated with autoimmune disease   13  
Granulomatosis/sarcoidosis   6  
Infectious pneumoniae   20  
Miscellaneous*  8  
Undetermined diagnosis   6  
Patients with previously diagnosed B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder  24  
Secondary pulmonary B-cell NHL   9  
DLBCL   2  
Mantle cell lymphoma   1  
Follicular lymphoma   1  
Diffuse small cell lymphoma   4  
MALT lymphoma   1  
Nonlymphomatous pulmonary lesions   12  
Diffuse interstitial pneumoniae   —  
Fibrosis/drug-induced   5  
Infectious pneumoniae   5  
Miscellaneous cancer   2  
Undetermined diagnosis
 
3
 

MALT indicates mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; DLBCL, diffuse large B-NHL; BOOP, bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; LIP, lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis; and —,.

*

Five cancer, 1 Hodgkin disease, 1 alveolar proteinosis, 1 Castleman disease.

Seven myeloma/monoclonal gammapathy, 8 DLBCL, 1 mantle cell lymphoma, 1 follicular lymphoma, 7 diffuse small cell lymphoma, 1 MALT lymphoma.

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