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Background

Primary pulmonary lymphoma is a very rare neoplasm,

representing only 2-4% of extranodal non-Hodgkin

lymphoma and only 0.4% of all malignant lymphomas

Most cases are represented by MZL

Primary pulmonary lymphoma is defined as a clonal

lymphoma proliferation affecting one or both lungs in a

patient with no detectable extrapulmonary involvement at

diagnosis or during the subsequent 3 months