Missing the Forest for the Trees - A Rare Cause of Pleural Effusion

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is a genetic disorder associated with dermatological, musculoskeletal, and neurological features. Apart from these, knowledge of other uncommon manifestations, including intrathoracic and pulmonary involvement, is crucial for early diagnosis and treatment. These patie...

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Autores principales: Kalagiri, Sai Samrat, Venkatnarayan, Kavitha, Veluthat, Chitra, Tirumalae, Rajalakshmi, Krishnaswamy, Uma Maheswari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186543
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21265
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author Kalagiri, Sai Samrat
Venkatnarayan, Kavitha
Veluthat, Chitra
Tirumalae, Rajalakshmi
Krishnaswamy, Uma Maheswari
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description Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is a genetic disorder associated with dermatological, musculoskeletal, and neurological features. Apart from these, knowledge of other uncommon manifestations, including intrathoracic and pulmonary involvement, is crucial for early diagnosis and treatment. These patients are predisposed to various sarcomatous and non-sarcomatous malignancies. We report the case of an elderly lady with NF-1 who presented with pleural effusion related to the genetic disorder, which was missed, and elaborate on the diagnostic workup done to reach a diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-88435312022-02-17 Missing the Forest for the Trees - A Rare Cause of Pleural Effusion Kalagiri, Sai Samrat Venkatnarayan, Kavitha Veluthat, Chitra Tirumalae, Rajalakshmi Krishnaswamy, Uma Maheswari Cureus Pathology Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is a genetic disorder associated with dermatological, musculoskeletal, and neurological features. Apart from these, knowledge of other uncommon manifestations, including intrathoracic and pulmonary involvement, is crucial for early diagnosis and treatment. These patients are predisposed to various sarcomatous and non-sarcomatous malignancies. We report the case of an elderly lady with NF-1 who presented with pleural effusion related to the genetic disorder, which was missed, and elaborate on the diagnostic workup done to reach a diagnosis. Cureus 2022-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8843531/ /pubmed/35186543 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21265 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kalagiri et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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