Discussion
								Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
								
								
																		
									- Diagnosis
 
									- Lymphangiogleiomyomatosis
 
									
									- Radiologic Findings
 
									- Posteroanterior chest radiograph shows subtle reticular densities in both lungs. CT scans show innumerable, thin-walled cysts in both lung fields without zonal predominance.
 
																			
 
																					
									- Brief Review
 
									- .Women of reproductive age
.Symptom
    - recurrent spontaenous pneumothorax, slowly progressive dyspnea, hemoptysis, chylothorax, chylous ascites
.Pathologic findings
    - proliferation of immature appearing smooth muscle cells (LAM cells) in the lungs and axial lymphatics in the thorax and abdomen
    - formation of thin-walled pulmonary cysts
.Extrathoracic involvement
    - kidney(angiomyolipoma), retroperitoneal LN enlargement, related with tuberous sclerosis (TSC-LAM)
.Radiographic findings
    - generalized, symmetric, reticular or reticulonodular opacities
  - preserved or increased lung volumes, pneumothorax, pleural effusion (secondary to chylothorax)
.CT findings
  - Numerous thin-walled cysts surrounded by normal lung parenchyma with diffuse, random and bilateral distribution
  - Cysts typically ranges from 2-5mm in diameter but have been reported to be as large as 25mm
	- Round, polygonal and ovoid in shape
	- Cyst wall thickness ranges from barely perceptable to 2mm thick in most cases
	
 
																		
									
									
																		
									- References
 
									
																		- Keywords
 
									- Lung, Interstitial lung disease, LAM, ILD,