TY - JOUR
T1 - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis associated with pulmonary metastasis from an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
T2 - Report of a case occuring in a patient without tuberous sclerosis
AU - Cavazza, Alberto
AU - Roggeri, Alberto
AU - Zini, Michele
AU - Rossi, Giulio
AU - Zucchi, Luigi
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We report on 50-year-old woman without tuberous sclerosis, presenting with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. A CT-scan of the chest showed multiple, bilateral, thin-walled cysts, consistent with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. A videothoracoscopic lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis, but revealed also a micrometastasis from an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. The main histologic differential diagnosis and the possible correlation between lymphangioleiomyomatosis and thyroid diseases are briefly discussed.
AB - We report on 50-year-old woman without tuberous sclerosis, presenting with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. A CT-scan of the chest showed multiple, bilateral, thin-walled cysts, consistent with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. A videothoracoscopic lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis, but revealed also a micrometastasis from an occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. The main histologic differential diagnosis and the possible correlation between lymphangioleiomyomatosis and thyroid diseases are briefly discussed.
KW - Lung
KW - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
KW - Metastasis
KW - Thyroid
KW - Tuberous sclerosis
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U2 - 10.1078/0344-0338-00342
DO - 10.1078/0344-0338-00342
M3 - Article
C2 - 12608660
AN - SCOPUS:0036997261
VL - 198
SP - 825
EP - 828
JO - Pathology Research and Practice
JF - Pathology Research and Practice
SN - 0344-0338
IS - 12
ER -