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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul;14(7):1227-1229.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201703-229LE.

Apparent Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a Man as a Result of Extreme Mosaicism for a TSC2 Mutation

MeiLan K Han  1 , Magdalena E Tyburczy  2 , Thomas N Darling  3 , Ella A Kazerooni  1 , Jeffrey L Myers  1 , Francis X McCormack  4 , Joel Moss  5 , David J Kwiatkowski  2
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Case Reports

Apparent Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a Man as a Result of Extreme Mosaicism for a TSC2 Mutation

MeiLan K Han et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Jul.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Inspiratory volumetric high-resolution computed tomography performed at 1.25 mm slice thickness and reconstruction intervals demonstrating diffuse discrete thin-walled lung cysts measuring from 5 mm to 2 cm uniformly distributed throughout the lung parenchyma bilaterally. Left panel, axial view; right panel, coronal view.
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