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Pulmonary Lymphoma Misdiagnosed as Pneumonia

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Pulmonary lymphoma is a very rare cause of lung tumors which occurs in less than one percent of primary malignant lung tumors. When seemingly pneumonia does not respond to treatment, the possibility of malignant lymphoma should always be considered. Here, we report two cases of pulmonary lymphoma misdiagnosed as pneumonia.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Republic of Korea

    Jungsil Lee, Yeon Wook Kim & Chul-Gyu Yoo

  2. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Hyunkyung Park

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Lee, J., Park, H., Kim, Y.W. et al. Pulmonary Lymphoma Misdiagnosed as Pneumonia. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 32, 509–511 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-016-0702-y

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