Diagnostic potential of serum VEGF-D for lymphangioleiomyomatosis

LR Young, Y Inoue, FX McCormack - New England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
LR Young, Y Inoue, FX McCormack
New England Journal of Medicine, 2008Mass Medical Soc
To the Editor: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare, progressive, frequently fatal cystic lung
disease that affects women almost exclusively. 1, 2 It occurs in up to 40% of women with the
tuberous sclerosis complex, a tumor-suppressor syndrome associated with seizures,
cognitive impairment, and hamartomas in multiple organs, and can also occur in a
nonheritable sporadic form that involves only the lung, lymphatics, and kidney. 3 The
presence of the tuberous sclerosis complex or fat-containing renal hamartomas called …
To the Editor: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare, progressive, frequently fatal cystic lung disease that affects women almost exclusively.1,2 It occurs in up to 40% of women with the tuberous sclerosis complex, a tumor-suppressor syndrome associated with seizures, cognitive impairment, and hamartomas in multiple organs, and can also occur in a nonheritable sporadic form that involves only the lung, lymphatics, and kidney.3 The presence of the tuberous sclerosis complex or fat-containing renal hamartomas called angiomyolipomatas in a woman with characteristic cystic changes on a high-resolution computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest is considered to be diagnostic of lymphangioleiomyomatosis. However, . . .
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