OBJECTIVE: To describe the radiographic and CT findings of primary @entity1893 (PPL),and to evaluate percutanous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) in the diagnosis of PPL. METHODS: Chest radiographs and CT scans of three @entity1 with histologically proven PPL were reviewed. The diagnosis of PPL was confirmed histologically with specimens obtained by means of PTNB. RESULTS: Consolidation with air bronchograms on the chest X-ray films and CT scans was found in all cases. Multiple ill-defined nodules of various size in both lungs and a mass with air bronchogram in the right lower lobe on the CT scan were present in one case. Ground-glass opacity or @entity75 were present in both lung fields. Hilar/mediastinal adenopathy and @entity1143 were not features of these cases. PTNB was diagnostic in all three cases. No complications occurred during these procedures. CONCLUSIONS: PPL has some specific imaging features. Radiographic and CT findings are helpful in the diagnosis of primary @entity706 . A specific diagnosis can be obtained by means of PTNB.

[Radiological features of primary XXXX : report of three cases].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1143 :: ('MESH:D010996', 'Disease') :: ['pericardial/pleural effusion'] @entity706 :: ('MESH:D008223', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary malignant lymphoma'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['reticular lesions'] @entity1893 :: ('MESH:D008228', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary non-Hodgkin lymphoma']
@entity1893 :: (MESH:D008228,Disease) :: ['pulmonary non-Hodgkin lymphoma']
