CASE REPORT
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis in a patient previously diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour and treated with imatinib
University Hospital of Birmingham Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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Dr P Tanière
Department of Cellular Pathology, University Hospital of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; phillipe.taniere@uhb.nhs.uk
Accepted 22 February 2006
Abbreviations: EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumour; LYG, lymphomatoid granulomatosis
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A 39-year-old man with a history of recurrent malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) of the small bowel, treated with imatinib, presented with a 2-week history of shortness of breath, fluctuating fever, pancytopenia and bilateral airspace opacities. He was treated for pneumonia, but his condition deteriorated and he died 6 weeks after admission. We present the subsequent postmortem examination findings.
This is the case of a 39-year-old man, with a medical history of malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) of the small bowel, resected 2.5 years before this episode. Local recurrence and liver metastases occurred 18 months from initial diagnosis. Imatinib mesylate 400 mg once daily (Glivec; Novartis, Basel, Switzerland) was started, with a good clinical response (including a reduction in tumour size). Family history included a sister diagnosed with cancer and mother with a brain tumour (unfortunately, further information could not be obtained).
The patient was admitted in September 2004 with
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