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  • Limfangioleiomiomatoza kot vzrok spontanih pnevmotoraksov = Lymphanigleiomyomatosis causing spontaneous pneumothoraces
    Mušič, Ema ...
    Backgroud. Lymphanigleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease. The aetiologyis not known and it has a progressive course. The aetiology is not known and it has a progressive course. It affects ... women of childbearing age. Ahallmark of the disease is a proliferation of smooth muscle cells in peribronchial and perivascular location. Clinical picture is characterised by dyspnea, spontaneous pneumothoraces, hemoptysis and chylothorax. We present a 43-years old female patient with a history of spontaneous pneumothoraces and lung involvement. Based on imaging diagnostic methods and light microscopic examination of surgical lung biopsy we diagnosed pulmonary LAM. Conclusion. LAM can be a cause of recidivous spontaneous pheumothoraces in a women of childbearing age without any inflammation in lungs.
    Source: Zdravniški vestnik : glasilo Slovenskega zdravniškega društva = Slovenian medical journal = journal of Slovenian Medical Association. - ISSN 1318-0347 (Letn. 69, št. 1, 2000, str. 15-18)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2000
    Language - slovenian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 11137753

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