Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature

Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare cystic interstitial lung disease that exclusively affects women of child bearing age and is associated with vascular proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the lung. We report a case of young female with pulmonary LAM presenting with recurrent pneumothorax.

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Autores principales: Jain, Vishakha V., Gupta, O. P., Jajoo, Sumedh, Khiangate, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24791247
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.130336
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author Jain, Vishakha V.
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description Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare cystic interstitial lung disease that exclusively affects women of child bearing age and is associated with vascular proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the lung. We report a case of young female with pulmonary LAM presenting with recurrent pneumothorax.
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spelling pubmed-40052122014-05-01 Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature Jain, Vishakha V. Gupta, O. P. Jajoo, Sumedh Khiangate, Benjamin J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare cystic interstitial lung disease that exclusively affects women of child bearing age and is associated with vascular proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the lung. We report a case of young female with pulmonary LAM presenting with recurrent pneumothorax. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4005212/ /pubmed/24791247 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.130336 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jain, Vishakha V.
Gupta, O. P.
Jajoo, Sumedh
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Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature
title Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature
title_full Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature
title_fullStr Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature
title_short Recurrent Pneumothorax in a Young Female with Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis: A Case Report and Overview of Literature
title_sort recurrent pneumothorax in a young female with pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis: a case report and overview of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24791247
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.130336
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