Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
A patient with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was diagnosed more than 22 years after the onset of symptoms by a thoracoscopic lung biopsy, after a high resolution computerized tomogram of the chest was highly suggestive of the disease. After nearly 30 years since the onset of her symptoms, the p...
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| description | A patient with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was diagnosed more than 22 years after the onset of symptoms by a thoracoscopic lung biopsy, after a high resolution computerized tomogram of the chest was highly suggestive of the disease. After nearly 30 years since the onset of her symptoms, the patient leads a relatively normal life with only mildly abnormal lung function and has minimal reduction in her exercise tolerance. There have been few reports of patients surviving for such a long time after the onset of this disease; the literature suggests that most patients die within 15 years of symptom onset. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2ccf170f444842bfa00a2605aaad0d652025-08-20T03:55:12ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412002-01-019534234610.1155/2002/958921Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary LymphangioleiomyomatosisJohn K Reid0Henrike Rees1Donald Cockcroft2Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaA patient with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was diagnosed more than 22 years after the onset of symptoms by a thoracoscopic lung biopsy, after a high resolution computerized tomogram of the chest was highly suggestive of the disease. After nearly 30 years since the onset of her symptoms, the patient leads a relatively normal life with only mildly abnormal lung function and has minimal reduction in her exercise tolerance. There have been few reports of patients surviving for such a long time after the onset of this disease; the literature suggests that most patients die within 15 years of symptom onset.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/958921 |
| spellingShingle | John K Reid Henrike Rees Donald Cockcroft Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| title_full | Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| title_fullStr | Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| title_short | Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| title_sort | long term survival in a patient with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/958921 |
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