This paper describes the high-resolution computed tomography and anatomopathological findings of pulmonary lymphomas. We studied the chest high-resolution computed tomographies and histopathological data of 10 patients with biopsy-proven non-Hodgkin's or Hodgkin's disease. The most common radiologic findings in this series were areas of consolidation with air-bronchogram (n = 8). Other findings included multiple pulmonary nodules (n = 4), thickening of bronchovascular bundles (n = 3) and foci of ground-glass attenuation (n = 2). The present series results are consistent with the current available literature on radiographic appearance of the disease. The pathological correspondence of the areas of airspace consolidation was alveolar filling by neoplastic cells, the thickening of bronchovascular bundles was secondary to lymphomatous cells infiltrates, and the areas of ground-glass attenuation corresponded to alveolar septal infiltration by these cells.
Pulmonary lymphomas; High-resolution computed tomography; Pathology
