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Successful live birth via in vitro fertilization in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare, estrogen-sensitive multisystem disorder that predominantly affects women of reproductive age. Pregnancy and fertility interventions present a unique challenge in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, as an
Yusen Ou, Yanqiu Xie, Xinyue Zhang, Weilin Wang, Yun Lin, Yequn Chen, Haiying Wang, Yang Zeng   +7 more
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Uterine lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a premenopausal woman with tuberous sclerosis: A case report [PDF]

Case Reports in Women's Health
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease characterized by abnormal smooth muscle cell growth. It primarily occurs in the lungs but can also rarely occur in other organs, in which case it is classified as extrapulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Eun Min Lee, Ju Hee Kim, Uiree Jo, Yoon Jung Cho   +3 more
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Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease, characterized as a low-grade neoplasm with metastatic potential that mainly affects women of reproductive age, in which there is proliferation of atypical smooth muscle cells (LAM cells) and formation of ...
Bruno Guedes Baldi, Paulo Henrique Ramos Feitosa, Adalberto Sperb Rubin, Alexandre Franco Amaral, Carolina Salim Gonçalves Freitas, Cláudia Henrique da Costa, Eliane Viana Mancuzo, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Mariana Sponholz Araujo, Marcelo Jorge Jacó Rocha, Martina Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tatiana Senna Galvão, Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva Torres, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho   +13 more
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Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a Young Gentleman. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We present a case of bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in a 26‐year‐old Chinese male with a history of smoking. Imaging reveals the presence of underlying cystic lung disease and he subsequently underwent bilateral video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) bullectomy, mechanical pleurodesis, and surgical lung biopsy.
Teng A, Chua TH, Chow CY, Tan YH.
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Giant renal angiomyolipoma unmasks underlying lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report and literature review [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is an uncommon systemic disease that primarily affects women during their reproductive years and is often linked with renal angiomyolipoma (AML). In this report, we describe a case involving a 30-year-old female patient who
Xuan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Qiaoling Chen, Qiaoling Chen, Zhiyong Xiong, Zhiyong Xiong, Miao Wang, Miao Wang, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang   +10 more
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A challenging convergence of conditions in a patient with thalassemia major presenting with thymoma and lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background β-Thalassemia major is a complex, multisystemic condition. Effective transfusion programs, optimal iron chelation therapy, and progresses in magnetic resonance imaging have significantly improved patient survival.
Aldo Carnevale, Lucia Vietri, Alberto Cossu, Deborah Gabriele, Francesco Quarantotto, Martina Culcasi, Filomena Longo   +6 more
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Abdominal lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a man presenting with gastrointestinal hemorrhage as the first manifestation: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, low-grade malignant condition that typically affects women of childbearing age and primarily involves the lungs. While cases involving males and affecting the gastrointestinal tract are exceedingly uncommon. This
Ying Zi, Yuchen Shi, Rongjie Shi
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2006
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease of the lungs and lymphatics, which can occur sporadically or in association with tuberous sclerosis. LAM almost exclusively affects females, generally developing before the menopause.The disease is characterised by progressive pulmonary cystic change, recurrent pneumothorax, chylous pleural collections ...
Taveira-DaSilva, AM, Steagall, WK, Moss, J   +2 more
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

La Presse Médicale, 2023
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is an ultra-rare, slowly progressive neoplastic cystic disease, belonging to the group of PEComas. It can occur sporadically or associated to tuberous sclerosis complex disease and affects mainly women in child-birth age.
Elia, Davide, Cassandro, Roberto, Caminati, Antonella, Luisi, Francesca, Harari, Sergio   +4 more
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A quantitative proteomic approach to identify significantly altered protein networks in the serum of patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) [PDF]

, 2014
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare and progressive cystic lung condition affecting approximately 3.4-7.5/million women, with an average lag time between symptom onset and diagnosis of upwards of 4 years. The aim of this work was to identify altered
Banville, N, Black, JL, Burgess, JK, Cerri, S, Jaffar, J, Oliver, BG, Persiani, E, Richeldi, L, Tjin, G   +8 more
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