Association of Pulmonary Cysts and Nodules in a Young Female Patient

Chest. 2016 Jun;149(6):e183-90. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.02.652.

Abstract

A 27-year-old female patient was referred to our outpatient clinic with a 1-year history of shortness of breath when walking fast on level ground or when climbing stairs. Symptoms worsened after a second episode of spontaneous left pneumothorax, when a chest tube was placed in another hospital for complete lung expansion. During this hospitalization, an open lung biopsy was performed. There was no history of rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, cough, hemoptysis, wheezing, or expectoration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Cystic Fibrosis / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Management
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung* / pathology
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis* / diagnosis
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis* / physiopathology
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis* / therapy
  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / diagnosis*
  • Sirolimus / administration & dosage*
  • Tuberous Sclerosis* / diagnosis
  • Tuberous Sclerosis* / physiopathology
  • Tuberous Sclerosis* / therapy

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Sirolimus