Table 1

Summary of reported cases of primary pulmonary T cell lymphoma since 1990

Reference	Age	Sex	Presentation	Radiographic findings	Diagnostic intervention	Treatment and outcome
*At the time the report was published.
F, female; M, male; LLL, left lower lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; COP, cryptogenic organising pneumonia; OLB, open lung biopsy; CXR, chest x ray; CNS, central nervous system
Asano³	75	F	Dyspnoea	Multiple nodules, hilar adenopathy	Cervical lymph node biopsy	Chemotherapy with complete remission, alive*
Maehara¹¹	70	F	Productive cough, fever	L pleural effusion, LLL mass	Endobronchial biopsy	Chemotherapy, alive*
Boon⁴	63	M	Fever	COP-like	OLB	Chemotherapy, died
Fujihara⁶	69	F	Abnormal CXR	LLL nodule	Lobectomy	Lobectomy, alive*
Hanada⁷	42	M	Abnormal CXR	Multiple lung nodules	OLB	Chemotherapy, alive*
Maejima¹²	29	M	Dyspnoea	Multiple lung nodules	OLB	Chemotherapy, CNS relapse and died
Sasaki¹³	65	F	Abnormal CXR	RML, RLL infiltrates	RML and RLL lobectomy	Lobectomy with residual disease, alive*
Hanawa⁸	52	M	Recurrent infiltrates	COP-like	OLB	Systemic corticosteroid, alive*
Karakus⁹	48	F	Cough, dyspnoea	Multiple lung nodules	OLB	Chemotherapy with partial remission, alive*
Kawashima¹⁰	74	F	Cough, haemoptysis	RLL mass	Lobectomy	Lobectomy and chemotherapy, died
DeTorres⁵	68	F	Fever, weight loss	Multiple lung nodules	OLB	Chemotherapy, died