[A case of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis in an elderly woman]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2001 Jul;39(7):519-23.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We encountered a postmenopausal woman in whom pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was pathologically diagnosed. Cases of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis are rare in postmenopausal women. The patient was the oldest in whom such a case was reported in the literature. Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis should be on the list of differential diagnoses for cases of pulmonary cystic lesions, even in postmenopausal women.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / diagnosis*
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / pathology
  • Postmenopause