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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2020

Initial presentation of Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis as recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces.

Ruaidhri J Keane, Abirami Subramaniam, Chithra Varghese, Michael Jeffers, Seamas C Donnelly

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruaidhri J KeaneDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Professorial Unit, Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Abirami SubramaniamDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Professorial Unit, Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Chithra VargheseDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Professorial Unit, Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Michael JeffersDepartment of Cellular Pathology, Tallaght University Hospital, Ireland.
Seamas C DonnellyDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Professorial Unit, Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity College Dublin · IETallaght University Hospital · IE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare cystic lung disease. The natural history is often unpredictable making it difficult to diagnose. We report a 63-year-old male with dyspnoea, chronic cough and recurrent respiratory tract infections, who developed progressive multifocal cystic lesions on pulmonary nodule surveillance over 4 years. He was a heavy smoker with a history of multiple spontaneous pneumothoraces in his teens. Extensive investigations culminated in a thoracoscopic wedge resection, which identified histiocytic nodules staining positive for CD1a and thus confirming the diagnosis of PLCH. It is now apparent that PLCH was the likely cause of his pneumothoraces.

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CD1aCystic lung diseaseLangerhans histiocytosisLung nodulePneumothorax

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PMID33209579
PMCPMC7658490
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