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KMID : 0383820070620060554
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2007 Volume.62 No. 6 p.554 ~ p.559
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A Case of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Combined with Chylothorax and Bilateral Pneumothoraces
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Kim Jong-Hwa
Kim Yang-Ki
Lee Young-Mok
Kim Ki-Up
Uh Soo-Taek
Kim Hyun-Jo
Jang Won-Ho
Kim Jung-Hyun
Noh Hyung-Jun
Kim Dong-Won
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Abstract
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A 29-year-old female patient presented with exertional dyspnea that she had suffered with for 2 months. The chest X-ray displayed right pleural effusion that was diagnosed as chyle, according to the level of cholesterol and triglyceride in the pleural fluid. VATS (video assisted thoracic surgery) of the right lung was performed on the 7th day of hospitalization for obtaining a lung biopsy and to control the of pneumochylothorax. On the 11th hospitalization day, VATS of left lung was also performed to control the recurrent pneumothorax via pleurodesis. The lung biopsy showed moderate amounts of spindle-shaped and rounded cells (so-called LAM cells), which were reactive to actin and HMB45 (on immunohistochemical stains). We report here on a rare case of lymphangioleiomyomatosis combined with chylothorax and bilateral pneumothroraces.
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KEYWORD
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Chylothorax, Rneumothorax
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