Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (대한결핵및호흡기학회)
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Intrathoracic Lesion Showing Multiple Cysts and Pneumothorax

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  • Song, Hyun-Mo (Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Heung-Bum (Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Chul (Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Rhee, Yang-Keun (Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Han, Young-Min (Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
  • 송현모 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이흥범 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이용철 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이양근 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 한영민 (전북대학교 의과대학 진단 방사선과학교실)
  • Published : 1995.06.30
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Abstract

Pulmonary histiocytosis X is an idiopathic benign disease characterized by proliferation and infiltration of lung tissue by characteristic Langerhans cells and eosinophils. Pulmonary histiocytosis X is common in young male adults, and shows variable clinical characteristics. We experienced a case of pathologically proven pulmonary histiocytosis X in a 30-year-old man who visit to our hospital due to chest discomfort and cough. The chest radiograph of our patient shows right pneumothorax and characteristic multiple thin-walled cysts on the both upper lung fields. The HRCT shows multiple thin-walled cysts, a few scattered nodules in both upper and right middle lung, and right pneumothorax.

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