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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan-Feb;43(1):111-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2013.10.004. Epub 2014 May 1.

Adolescent form of sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (S-LAM)

S M Restrepo-Gualteros  1 , C E Rodriguez-Martinez  2 , L E Jaramillo-Barberi  3 , A F Lopez-Cadena  4 , G Nino  5
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Case Reports

Adolescent form of sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (S-LAM)

S M Restrepo-Gualteros et al. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2015 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1
Chest radiograph showing right upper lobe cystic parenchymal lesions, pneumothorax with left lung passive atelectasis, with normal cardiovascular silhouette.
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Figure 2
High-resolution computed tomography scan of the chest showing multiple well-defined, thin-walled cystic parenchymal lesions distributed diffusely throughout the lungs, and closed left thoracostomy tube with a small residual left pneumothorax, with normal cardiovascular structures.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Surgical lung biopsy showing spindle cells in the wall of a cystic space stain for HMB-45; 400×.
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