Pyothorax-Associated Lymphoma: Diagnosis at Percutaneous Core Biopsy with CT Guidance
Vincent Brun1,
Marie Pierre Revel1,
Claire Danel2,
Laure S. Fournier1,
Reda Souilamas3 and
Guy Frija1
1 Department of Radiology, Georges Pompidou Hospital, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015
Paris, France.
2 Department of Pathology, Georges Pompidou Hospital, 75015 Paris, France.
3 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou Hospital, 75015 Paris,
France.

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Fig. 1A. 82-year-old man with painful mass in right lateral chest
wall. Chest radiograph shows right superior thoracic pleural mass associated
with thickening of axillary soft tissue, suggesting axillary extension. Note
superficial pleural calcifications in right hemithorax, and right hilum
retraction.
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Fig. 1B. 82-year-old man with painful mass in right lateral chest
wall. Contrast-enhanced CT scan of chest shows chest wall invasion adjacent to
chronic pleural changes, which are visualized as nonenhancing homogeneous
soft-tissue density mass.
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