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8323071

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) is a progressive disease afflicting women of childbearing age. LAM remains a rare disease, unfamiliar to many clinicians. It usually poses a diagnostic dilemma for the primary physician, possibly resulting in a delayed or missed diagnosis, unnecessary operative intervention, and inappropriate therapy. LAM is characterized microscopically by abnormal smooth muscle proliferation causing gradual obstruction of small airways, lymphatics, and vasculature. The proliferation eventually results in a characteristic clinical syndrome of progressive dyspnea, recurrent pneumothorax, chylous effusion, and hemoptysis. Despite a variety of treatment regimens developed since the first description of LAM, patient survival has not improved appreciably. Most patients die within 10 years of the time of diagnosis. This report presents a patient with LAM and a review of the literature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0084.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports