Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly

We present the case of a 73‐year‐old woman who developed pneumothorax for the first time that was a clinical clue to the diagnosis of Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé (BHD) syndrome. Although younger onset of pneumothorax is more common in BHD syndrome, the characteristic chest CT findings may contribute to the diagn...

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Autores principales: Inoue, Masahide, Miyazaki, Shinichi, Kuno, Yasumasa, Ishida, Junzo, Ikeda, Takuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30873309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.227
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author Inoue, Masahide
Miyazaki, Shinichi
Kuno, Yasumasa
Ishida, Junzo
Ikeda, Takuya
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description We present the case of a 73‐year‐old woman who developed pneumothorax for the first time that was a clinical clue to the diagnosis of Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé (BHD) syndrome. Although younger onset of pneumothorax is more common in BHD syndrome, the characteristic chest CT findings may contribute to the diagnosis of this disorder in spontaneous pneumothorax of the elderly.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-63995942019-03-14 Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly Inoue, Masahide Miyazaki, Shinichi Kuno, Yasumasa Ishida, Junzo Ikeda, Takuya J Gen Fam Med Images in Clinical Medicine We present the case of a 73‐year‐old woman who developed pneumothorax for the first time that was a clinical clue to the diagnosis of Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé (BHD) syndrome. Although younger onset of pneumothorax is more common in BHD syndrome, the characteristic chest CT findings may contribute to the diagnosis of this disorder in spontaneous pneumothorax of the elderly.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6399594/ /pubmed/30873309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.227 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Inoue, Masahide
Miyazaki, Shinichi
Kuno, Yasumasa
Ishida, Junzo
Ikeda, Takuya
Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly
title Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly
title_full Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly
title_fullStr Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly
title_full_unstemmed Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly
title_short Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome in the elderly
title_sort birt‐hogg‐dubé syndrome in the elderly
topic Images in Clinical Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30873309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.227
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