title: [A case of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis in an elderly woman].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motegi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ubukata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018192:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017698:Postmenopause