title: Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis--a silent killer?
abstract: Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disorder presenting with remarkable features like recurrent pneumothorax or chylothorax, usually in young women. We report a case of sporadic LAM who presented with nothing but recent onset exertional dyspnoea and it was this unobtrusive presentation that led to delay in diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nilratan Sircar Medical College, 138, A J C Bose Road, Kolkata 700014.
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Bhaskar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018192:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*