Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the lung

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the lung.” (Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jun;83(6):2197-9). Authors are Sakurai H, Hada M and Oyama T, from the Department of Surgery, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan. Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the lung is a very rare uncommon disease that is considered to be a benign lesion of a polyclonal lymphoid proliferation. Because of its rarity, little is known about the clinicopathologic characteristics of nodular lymphoid hyperplasia. The authors present the case of a 67-year-old woman with nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the lung and discuss the current knowledge concerning nodular lymphoid hyperplasias. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.