Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis diagnosed using transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: A case report()

A 63-year-old Japanese woman with multiple cysts in both lungs on chest computed tomography (CT) was referred to our hospital after a thorough examination, including a transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), failed to provide a diagnosis. Based on the findings on chest CT and pathological examination of...

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Autores principales: Mine, Keisuke, Sakamoto, Noriho, Ozasa, Mutsumi, Tsutsui, Shin, Miyashita, Ritsuko, Tokito, Takatomo, Okuno, Daisuke, Yura, Hirokazu, Kido, Takashi, Ishimoto, Hiroshi, Takemoto, Shinnosuke, Takazono, Takahiro, Obase, Yasushi, Ishimatsu, Yuji, Fukuoka, Junya, Mukae, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10585380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37869608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101928
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Sumario:A 63-year-old Japanese woman with multiple cysts in both lungs on chest computed tomography (CT) was referred to our hospital after a thorough examination, including a transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), failed to provide a diagnosis. Based on the findings on chest CT and pathological examination of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) specimen, the patient was diagnosed with pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH). TBLC may replace TBLB as the main diagnostic technique for PLCH, although further studies are required to determine the usefulness of TBLC for the diagnosis of PLCH.

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