UNILATERAL CHEST WALL EDEMA WITH ASSOCIATED PLEURAL EFFUSION: UNUSUAL SIGN OF PRIMARY RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHOMA

JE Nachitz, N Lazarow, D Yeshurun

Abstract


Isolated retroperitoneal malignant lymphoma
may be asymptomatic until late in
its clinical course, or, alternatively, may be
manifest by early systemic symptoms such
as fever, pruritus or weight loss. In some instances,
these rapidly enlarging tumors
present with local signs, attributable to
compression of nearby structures by growing
lymph node masses (1).
We wish to call attention to an unusual
clinical presentation of retroperitoneal lymphoma
- namely unilateral chest wall
edema and ipsilateral pleural effusion.


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