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Case Reports

Lung Resection for Treatment of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated With a Pulmonary Lymphoma

^a Cardiothoracic Department, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
^b Cardiothoracic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom
^c Pathology Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication July 1, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Elsayed, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas Dr, Liverpool, L14 3PE, United Kingdom (Email: hanyhassan77{at}hotmail.com).

Most primary lymphomas of the lung arise from the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue of the bronchus. Autoimmune phenomena are associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; among them immune thrombocytopenia is one of the most rare. In this study we report an extremely rare case of a patient with primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma associated with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, with rapid restoration of normal platelet count after lung resection.