A Case of Pulmonary and Retroperitoneal Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
| Autor: | Nam Gu Park, Sang Do Lee, Je Ho Eom, Se Jin Yun, Sung Taek Kim, He Young Kim, Nam Ju Kwak, Meong Chan Choi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Thorax medicine.medical_specialty Past medical history medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Pulmonary function testing Surgery Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Lymphangioleiomyomatosis medicine Abdomen Radiology business Laparoscopy Pelvis Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. 42:600 |
| ISSN: | 0378-0066 |
| DOI: | 10.4046/trd.1995.42.4.600 |
| Popis: | Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare disease in women of childbearing age, is the result of benign nodular hypertrophy of the smooth muscle of the lypmhatics and other tissues of the abdomen and thorax. We report a 36-years-old woman with pulmonary and retroperitoneal lymphangioleiomyomat.osis who responded with hormone treatment. She developed vaginal pruritis and a pelvic ultraound was done given her significant past medical history. Ultrasound examination demonstrated a large mass in the right side of her pelvis. Therefore she was admitted to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto for laparoscopy. Result of cytology was to be consistent with the diagnosis of retroperitoneal lymphangioleiomyomatosis. High resolution CT sacn of the thorax demonstrated multiple small cystic lesions, without associated nodularity compatible with a diagnosis of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. She has been taking Provera tablets 100mg po tid since Dec. 15, 1993. We have given her a prescription for Depo provera 500mg IM monthly since she came back to Korea. and made arrangements for regular follow up monthly. We performed chest X-ray, CT of chest(high resolution), abdomen and pelvis, pulmonary function tests and arterial blood gas analysis. Chest X-ray and CT findings showed no significant change since July. 20, 1993. |
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