Late diagnosis of generalized lymphangiomatosis in a woman presenting with respiratory distress.
Chylothorax
Generalized Lymphangiomatosis
Lymphangioma
Lymphatic abnormality
Pulmonary lymphangiectasis
Journal
Radiology case reports
ISSN: 1930-0433
Titre abrégé: Radiol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101467888
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
20
04
2020
revised:
11
05
2020
accepted:
11
05
2020
entrez:
20
6
2020
pubmed:
20
6
2020
medline:
20
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Generalized lymphangiomatosis (GLA) is a rare lymphatic abnormality, mostly affects children and young individuals and can be a diagnostic challenge because of wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. A 26-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of our institution with respiratory distress and hypoxia. The patient reported similar episodes for the past 10 years without a definite diagnosis. The imaging study demonstrated findings suggestive of GLA with pulmonary, retroperitoneal and osseous involvements which was confirmed on pathological studies from a lung biopsy. A concise review of the clinical, imaging and pathological findings of GLA is provided in this study. A comprehensive history and physical examination, laboratory and pathological work up and imaging is required to make the diagnosis of GLA. The characteristic imaging findings play an essential role to rule out other possible diagnoses and raise the possibility of GLA.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32550956
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.05.021
pii: S1930-0433(20)30191-6
pmc: PMC7292890
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1189-1193Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington.
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