[Diffuse lymphangioleiomyomatosis of lung: case report]

Arkh Patol. 2012 Mar-Apr;74(2):56-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In the article the case of diffuse lymphangioleiomyomatosis of the lung at 21 year-old women is described The disease has manifested on the 38th week of the pregnancy. Leiomyomas of others localizations were absent. The clinical course was malignant: in 22 days after disease's manifestation women had died. The possible mechanisms of uncontrolled proliferation of nonstriated muscle's elements and features of lymphangioleiomyoma's morphological diagnostics are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology*