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Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT findings.

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Sherrier, RH; Chiles, C; Roggli, V
Published in: AJR Am J Roentgenol
November 1989

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare disease occurring in women of childbearing age, is characterized by proliferation of smooth muscle in pulmonary lymphatic channels and mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes. Chest radiographs typically reveal interstitial disease with normal lung volume. Pneumothorax and pleural effusions may be present. CT scans in eight patients with biopsy-proved pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis were reviewed. The prominent feature of the disease was multiple thin-walled cysts throughout the lungs, best visualized on scans made with 1.5-mm collimation. Mediastinal and/or retrocrural lymphadenopathy, often not appreciated on the chest radiograph, was present in four of eight patients. CT can suggest a diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis when diagnosis by clinical presentation and chest radiographs is uncertain.

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Published In

AJR Am J Roentgenol

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ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

November 1989

Volume

153

Issue

5

Start / End Page

937 / 940

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders
  • Lymphangiomyoma
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Sherrier, R. H., Chiles, C., & Roggli, V. (1989). Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 153(5), 937–940. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.153.5.937
Sherrier, R. H., C. Chiles, and V. Roggli. “Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol 153, no. 5 (November 1989): 937–40. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.153.5.937.
Sherrier RH, Chiles C, Roggli V. Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1989 Nov;153(5):937–40.
Sherrier, R. H., et al. “Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 153, no. 5, Nov. 1989, pp. 937–40. Pubmed, doi:10.2214/ajr.153.5.937.
Sherrier RH, Chiles C, Roggli V. Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1989 Nov;153(5):937–940.

Published In

AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

November 1989

Volume

153

Issue

5

Start / End Page

937 / 940

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders
  • Lymphangiomyoma
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences