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ArticleRadiology case reports2025

The Subtle evolution of pulmonary parenchymal changes: A case of lady windermere syndrome emerging from chronic MAC infection in an immunocompetent patient with scoliosis.

Muhammad Ammar, Muhammad Salman Ullah, Rana Uzair Ahmad, Tabraiz Hassan Tanvir, Maria Rehmani

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Muhammad AmmarMayo hospital, Anarkali, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Salman UllahMayo hospital, Anarkali, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Rana Uzair AhmadMayo hospital, Anarkali, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Tabraiz Hassan TanvirMayo hospital, Anarkali, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Maria RehmaniMayo hospital, Anarkali, Lahore, 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Abstract

Mycobacterium avium complex, a commonly seen infection in individuals with a compromised immune system, can also affect people who are immunocompetent. One particularly important manifestation is in elderly females with a competent immune system, involving the middle lobe and lingula lobe of the lung. This is known as Lady Windermere syndrome (LWS). An 84-year-old female patient with certain nonpulmonary comorbidities initially got a diagnosis of MAC infection but refused to undergo any medication therapy, she presents after 5 years for a follow up visit and is found to have significant changes in her pulmonary parenchyma on investigation findings, concerning for this syndrome. LWS is a rather uncommon condition, rarely presents in clinical settings and described very less often in the literature

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