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B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the trachea mimicking COPD
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire, UK
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Dr G Cox
Department of Respiratory Medicine, King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 4JL, UK; giles.cox@sfh-tr.nhs.uk
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A 65 year old woman with a 15 pack year smoking history had recently been diagnosed in the community with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She was admitted to hospital with progressive breathlessness and wheeze; her exercise tolerance had decreased from 800 metres to less than 50 metres over the last year. Her peak expiratory flow rate on admission was 150 l/min increasing to 320 l/min on discharge after treatment with oral steroids and nebulised bronchodilators.
She was readmitted 3 weeks later with a recurrence of her symptoms. A flow-volume loop suggested intrathoracic large airway obstruction (fig 1
). Her chest radiograph showed a mid tracheal mass (fig 2A) which was confirmed on a computed tomographic (CT) scan (fig 2B). Flexible bronchoscopy revealed a polypoid tumour in the trachea 8 cm below the vocal cords causing a 60% reduction in tracheal diameter. Biopsies confirmed a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of
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