Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (대한결핵및호흡기학회)
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A Case of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Looked Like Miliary Tuberculosis

속립성 결핵으로 오인된 폐임파관평활근종증

  • Won, Kyoung-Sook (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical center) ;
  • Park, Keun-Uk (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical center) ;
  • Park, Hyun-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical center) ;
  • Kim, In-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical center) ;
  • Jeong, Yeon-Tae (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical center)
  • Published : 1995.04.30
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Abstract

We experienced one case of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis in 26-year-old female patient. She had taken antituberculous medication under the impression of miliary tuberculosis on simple chest X-ray at peripartum period. On outpatient follow-up she complained of progressive exertional dyspnea in spite of medication. Through careful history taking and physical examination, high resolutional CT, and open lung biopsy she was diagnosed as pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis combined with incomplete type of tuberous sclerosis. So, we presented the case with the brief review the literatures.

저자들은 단순흉부촬영상 속립성 결핵으로 진단받고 항결핵제를 투여받고 있던 26세 여자환자에서 폐생검상 폐의 임파관평활근종증을 확진한 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

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