CASE REPORTS<br>Lymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women

Małgorzata Wojtyś; Paweł Rogoziński; Jacek Alchimowicz; Piotr Wandzel; Adam Bubel; Tomasz Grodzki; Krzysztof Bruliński

doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.36141

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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CASE REPORTS
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women

Małgorzata Wojtyś

,

Paweł Rogoziński

,

Jacek Alchimowicz

,

Piotr Wandzel

,

Adam Bubel

,

Tomasz Grodzki

,

Krzysztof Bruliński

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (2): 161–164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.36141

Online publish date: 2013/07/09

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Wojtyś M, Rogoziński P, Alchimowicz J, et al. CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013;10(2):161-164. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.36141.

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Wojtyś, M., Rogoziński, P., Alchimowicz, J., Wandzel, P., Bubel, A.,  & Grodzki, T. et al. (2013). CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 10(2), 161-164. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.36141

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Wojtyś, Małgorzata, Paweł Rogoziński, Jacek Alchimowicz, Piotr Wandzel, Adam Bubel, Tomasz Grodzki,  and Krzysztof Bruliński. 2013. "CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 10 (2): 161-164. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.36141.

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Wojtyś, M., Rogoziński, P., Alchimowicz, J., Wandzel, P., Bubel, A., Grodzki, T.,  and Bruliński, K. (2013). CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 10(2), pp.161-164. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.36141

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Wojtyś, Małgorzata et al. "CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 10, no. 2, 2013, pp. 161-164. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.36141.

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Wojtyś M, Rogoziński P, Alchimowicz J, Wandzel P, Bubel A, Grodzki T et al. CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013;10(2):161-164. doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.36141.

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This paper presents five cases of women, aged between 25 and 44, treated surgically for pneumothorax in the course of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Initially, they were treated by means of suction drainage of the pleural cavity, which was then followed by surgical procedures (resection of lung tissue with emphysematous bullae, pleurectomy, chemical pleurodesis with talc or doxycycline). All the operations were performed as minimally invasive procedures (VATS). In three women bilateral pneumothorax was observed, in one right-sided recurrent pneumothorax, and in one right-sided recurrent pneumothorax and left-sided pneumothorax were revealed. Tests revealed the presence of renal angiomyolipoma in two women and suspicion of renal angiomyolipoma in one patient. One of the patients was operated on due to uterine fibroids at the age of 36, and was treated for chylothorax. The surgical procedures applied were symptomatic. At present, lung transplantation is an essential method of therapy in the final period of LAM.

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CASE REPORTSLymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women

Małgorzata Wojtyś , Paweł Rogoziński , Jacek Alchimowicz , Piotr Wandzel , Adam Bubel , Tomasz Grodzki , Krzysztof Bruliński

recurrent pneumothorax, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, surgical treatment

CASE REPORTS
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis as a rare cause of recurrent pneumothorax in women

Małgorzata Wojtyś

,

Paweł Rogoziński

,

Jacek Alchimowicz

,

Piotr Wandzel

,

Adam Bubel

,

Tomasz Grodzki

,

Krzysztof Bruliński