Extrapleural pneumonectomy for pyothorax-associated lymphoma.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Published: September 2009

Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that occurs in the pleural cavity of patients with a long-standing history of pyothorax. Here, we report a left pleuropneumonectomy performed for PAL in a 76-year-old male patient with a 60-year history of pyothorax due to tuberculosis.

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