LYMPHANGIOMYOMATOSIS

1 March 1971

journal article
Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology

Vol. 111 (3) , 565-572
https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.111.3.565

Abstract

Lymphangiomyoma is an unusual disease, probably a congenital malformation or hamartoma, which is characterized by a combined proliferation of smooth muscle and lymphatic channels in the mediastinum, retroperitoneum, and regional lymph nodes, and by "honeycombing" and proliferation of smooth muscle in the lungs. Roentgenographic findings of interstitial lung disease associated with chylous pleural effusion are almost pathognomonic of this disease.

Keywords

UNUSUAL DISEASE
COMBINED PROLIFERATION
LUNG DISEASE
LYMPHANGIOMYOMATOSIS LYMPHANGIOMYOMA
PLEURAL EFFUSION
CONGENITAL MALFORMATION
REGIONAL LYMPH
LYMPHATIC CHANNELS
ROENTGENOGRAPHIC FINDINGS

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