Author(s): Costa, Rita ; Coelho, David ; Fernandes, Pedro ; Pinho, Paulo
Date: 2021
Origin: Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Document details
PULMONARY LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS IN THE OPERATING ROOM
Description
A 40 years-old woman with a previous history of a right pneumothorax in 2013 had a left pneumothorax with persistent air leak in 2020. The computerized tomography scan of the chest described diffuse emphysematous changes with multiple “small bullae” in the upper lobes. She was submitted to mechanical and chemical pleurodesis with a wedge apical resection by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery. Pathological findings confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Document Type
Journal article
Language English
Language English
