Author/Authors :
Yurdakul, Ahmet Selim Gazi Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Demirtaş, Şenay Gazi Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye , Öztürk, Can Gazi Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Türkiye
Title Of Article :
A Case Report of Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis with Renal Angiomyolipoma and Tuberousclerosis
Abstract :
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a disease occuring mainly in women and is characterised by smooth muscle cell proliferation. In this case report, a 27 year old woman with a complaint of cough and diagnosed with pulmonary LAM, renal angiomyolipoma, tuberousclerosis was presented. Thorax computed tomography of the patient, who had normal pulmonary function test, revealed bilateral multiple cysts and bilateral multiple renal angiomyolipomas. Lesions characterised with tuberousclerosis were detected in the cranium magnetic resonance. We aimed to present pulmonary LAM, which is an uncommon disease associated with renal angiomyolipoma and tuberousclerosis, with a review of the literature.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis , tuberousclerosis , angiomyolipoma
JournalTitle :
Gazi Medical Journal
