Difficult diagnosis and rare morphology of lymphangioleiomyomatosis with giant cysts

We report on a 32-year-old woman with a second manifestation of a tension pneumothorax two weeks after drainage therapy. The chest CT-scan revealed multiple large bilateral pulmonary cysts. She underwent minimally invasive wedge resection and pleurectomy for treatment. The extensive histologic evalu...

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Main Authors: Stefan Welter, Philipp Thrull, Michael Westhoff, Peter Bach, Helmut Popper, Hans-Jörg Maschek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007119300401