[A case of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis in an elderly woman].
We encountered a postmenopausal woman in whom pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was pathologically diagnosed. Cases of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis are rare in postmenopausal women. The patient was the oldest in whom such a case was reported in the literature. Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis should be on the list of differential diagnoses for cases of pulmonary cystic lesions, even in postmenopausal women.
Matsushima
H
H
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Saitama, Japan.
Takayanagi
N
N
Kawata
I
I
Sakamoto
T
T
Motegi
M
M
Ubukata
M
M
Yanagisawa
T
T
Sugita
Y
Y
Kanazawa
M
M
Kawabata
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018192:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017698:Postmenopause