Presentation
Abdominal pain, breath shortness and spinal deformity.
Patient Data
Bilateral pleural effusions are present, left more than the right side, accompanied by left lower lobe partial collapse. There are no intrapulmonary nodules.
Control CT post chemoRx
Pleural effusions present bilaterally, right more than the left side. There are also several atelectatic bands scattered bilaterally.
Case Discussion
Pathology proven lymphoma in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a seronegative spondyloarthropathy, which results in fusion (ankylosis) of the spine and sacroiliac (SI) joints, although involvement is also seen in large and small joints.