[A new diagnostic approach in lymphangiomatosis. Apropos of a case]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 1989;45(4):171-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Lymphangiomyomatosis is a rare disease affecting exclusively women usually in child-bearing age. It is characterized by proliferation of an atypical smooth muscle involving the pulmonary, mediastinal and retroperitoneal lymph system. The case reported here concerns a 53-year old woman presenting with an interstitial pulmonary lesion giving a characteristic image at CT. The patient also had recurrent chylothorax and a renal angiomyolipoma explored by CT and magnetic resonance imaging. The diagnosis of lymphangiomyomatosis was made on a cluster of arguments, without having recourse to surgical lung biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chylothorax / etiology
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Leiomyoma / complications
  • Lymphangiomyoma / complications
  • Lymphangiomyoma / diagnosis*
  • Lymphangiomyoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uterine Neoplasms / complications