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Thorax 2009;64:460 doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103911
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New diagnosis and subsequent post-partum radiological improvement of lymphangioleiomyomatosis

  1. G Hagan,
  2. P Lawford
  1. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
  1. Dr G Hagan, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK; guychagan{at}hotmail.com
  • Received 25 June 2008
  • Accepted 3 September 2008

A 39-year-old nulliparous woman became breathless after a caesarean section. CT pulmonary angiography (fig 1) showed no filling defect but cysts, small bilateral effusions and thickened interlobular septa were visible consistent with a possible diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). An open lung biopsy …

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