Journal article
A Young Lady with Severe Dyspnea in Postpartum Period After Long Term Infertility Treatment
TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL, Vol.12(3), pp.127-130
09/01/2011
DOI: 10.5152/ttd.2011.30
Abstract
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a disease that predominantly affects young females and generally progresses to respiratory failure and death. A 33-year-old postpartum woman was admitted with progressive dyspnea and high CA-125 levels. She had bilateral chylopneumothorax, chylous ascites and was diagnosed as LAM by open lung biopsy. Her management was very complex as her chylous ascites and pleural effusions were very resistant to therapy. Betadine pleurodesis was very successful in the management of chylothorax. There were no LAM cases presenting with high CA-125 levels. We believe that CA-125 levels could be used as a useful parameter in patient follow-up.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Young Lady with Severe Dyspnea in Postpartum Period After Long Term Infertility Treatment
- Creators
- Nese Dursunoglu - Pamukkale UniversitySeyda Ors - Pamukkale UniversitySamil Gunay - Pamukkale UniversityFerda Bir - Pamukkale UniversitySevin Baser - Pamukkale UniversitySibel Ozkurt - Pamukkale UniversityNevzat Karabulut - Pamukkale University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL, Vol.12(3), pp.127-130
- Publisher
- BILIMSEL TIP PUBLISHING HOUSE
- DOI
- 10.5152/ttd.2011.30
- ISSN
- 1302-7808
- eISSN
- 1308-5387
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984697627602771
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