title: Pregnancy complicated by lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
abstract: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a multisystem disease characterized by cystic lung lesions can result in respiratory failure and is considered to be sex hormones related. No effective treatment for lymphangioleiomyomatosis is currently available. We report a 35-year-old patient in her second pregnancy. She also had experienced five episodes of spontaneous pneumothorax at the age of 30. Despite excessive estrogen production during pregnancy she had mild non-progressive exertional dyspnea without limitation of daily activities during pregnancy without deterioration of respiratory status.
authors.affiliation: Feto-Maternal Unit, Mahdyeh Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Soraya_saleh2000@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Soraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saleh Gargari
authors.forename: Sedigheh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hantoushzadae
authors.forename: Fourozan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mohamadi
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jafar-Abadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008203:Lymphangiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed