title: Pregnancy unmasking lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata 700 020.
authors.forename: Subhra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ghosal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate