| Literature DB >> 9441126 |
Y Miyashita1, H Koike, A Misawa, H Shimizu, K Yoshida, T Yasutomi, N Kanai, T Kagami.
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A 61-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) was found to have multiple pulmonary nodules on an annual chest radiograph 4 months after recovery from chickenpox. To exclude the metastatic carcinoma, an open lung biopsy was performed. Histological examination disclosed isolated necrotic nodules surrounded by some lymphocytes and a few giant cells. These histological findings were compatible with healed varicella pneumonia and the DNA of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. We report a case of asymptomatic pulmonary involvement of VZV infection in a patient with CLL.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9441126 DOI： 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1997.tb00067.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Respirology ISSN： 1323-7799 Impact factor: 6.424