Salmonella Enteritidis Empyema Preceding the Diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Subsequent Contralateral Chylothorax Treated with Radiolabeled Rituximab

Abstract

Salmonella infection is common, but pleural involvement has rarely been reported. Only seven cases of Salmonella enteritidis pleural empyema have been reported; all had an associated preexisting underlying immunosuppresion or malignancy. We report the case of an apparently healthy man who developed S. enteritidis empyema. On further follow-up and surveillance, he eventually presented with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and a contralateral recurrent chylothorax. The latter was successfully controlled with radiolabeled rituximab, which has never been described for the above purpose in literature before