Pregnancy unmasking lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
A 30 year-old housewife presented with cough and shortness of breath which progressed during her ensuing pregnancy, culminating in a still-birth at 9 months of gestation and requiring her hospitalisation in the immediate postpartum period. HRCT scan of the thorax showed thin-walled cysts and open lung biopsy confirmed the clinical impression of lymphangioleiomyomatosis. She was put on oral medroxyprogesterone acetate. After disease flare-up in the postpartum period her symptoms have stabilised.
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Subhra
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Department of Pathology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata 700 020.
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D000328:Adult; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018192:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate