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Pulmonary asbestosis associated to pleural non-Hodgkin lymphoma
E Parisio1, C Bianchi, R Rovej
1Divisione di Oncologia Medica e Chemioterapia, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milan, Italy.
Abstract:
We describe herein a case report of a patient affected by pulmonary asbestosis who developed a non-Hodgkin lymphoma originating in the pleura. The case is unusual for the uncommon site and because the chronic antigenic stimulation by asbestos bodies may have locally promoted an immunologic derangement.
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