A case of pulmanary eosinophilic granuloma involving mediastinal lymph node.

Kwak, Seung Min; Kim, Se Kyu; Shin, Dong Hwan; Chung, Kyung Young; Jang, Joong Hyun; Lee, Hong Lyeol; Kim, Sung Kyu; Lee, Won Young

doi:1993.40.4.424

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 40(4); 1993 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1993;40(4):424-430.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1993.40.4.425 Published online August 1, 1993.

A case of pulmanary eosinophilic granuloma involving mediastinal lymph node.

Seung Min Kwak¹, Se Kyu Kim¹, Dong Hwan Shin², Kyung Young Chung³, Joong Hyun Jang¹, Hong Lyeol Lee¹, Sung Kyu Kim¹, Won Young Lee¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma or histiocytosis X is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by proliferation of Langerhans cells and, therefore, not truly histiocytosis. Both histiocytes and Langerhans cells are believed to be related to the mononuclear phagocyte system. In Eosinophilic granuloma, extra-pulmonary such as mediastinal or hilar Iymph nodes involvement is very rare in adult. We report a case of young man with eosinophilic granuloma involving lung and anterior mediastinal Iymph node simultaneously which is confirmed by open thoracotomy.

Key Words: Eosinophilic granuloma, Mediastinal Iymph node