Incidental Nodal Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Is Not a Harbinger of Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A Study of 19 Cases With Evaluation of Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry.
Schoolmeester JK1, Park KJ.
The American journal of surgical pathology.Am J Surg Pathol.2015 Oct;39(10):1404-10. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000470.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a proliferation of perivascular epithelioid cells typically affecting the lung as a low-grade, destructive and progressive disease but may also be found in lymph nodes and other organs. LAM is sometimes seen as an incidental finding in lymph node dissections perform
BACKGROUND: Lymphangioleiomyomas occur in 38% of patients with sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and may cause pain and increased abdominal girth, mimicking the presence of a malignancy. Lymphatic involvement in LAM is closely associated with elevated serum levels of vascular endothelium growt
日本臨床外科学会雑誌 = The journal of the Japan Surgical Association 67(10), 2453-2456, 2006-10-25
… Lymphangiomyoma (LAM) is a rare entity occurring mainly in women in the reproductive generations, and is often accompanied with multiple lesions in the lower retroperitoneum and/or lethal spread to the lung and mediastinum. …
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