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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1218-1219
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: General thoracic

Invited commentary

Thoracic Surgical Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Blake 1570, Boston, MA 02114

(Email: hgaissert@partners.org).

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	Introduction

 
This article [1] describes chest wall lymphoma as a separate entity in 7 patients and shows long-term survival after surgical resection with postoperative chemotherapy in 3 of the 7. The fact that surgeons are the authors of this article should be no surprise. An account of site-specific characteristics in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) seems less important when treatment is based mainly on cell type. What do we learn? A palpable mass was present in all patients, associated with pain or rib destruction in 3 patients each. Histology is described as diffuse B-cell in 5 patients and "malignant" in 2. Bone marrow biopsy was negative in all; 3 patients had disease in other sites.

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