Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Birt-Hogg-Dub
- Radiologic Findings
- Fig 1. Chest PA shows cystic lesions predominantly in right lower lung field.
Fig 2-5. Axial chest images of high-resolution CT show variable sizes of thin-walled cystic lesions in both lungs, predominalty in lower, peripheral lung zone.
Fig 6. Coronal mediastinal setting image show well-defined high density nodule in the upper pole of the right kidney, suspicious of malignant tumor
- Brief Review
- Pathogenic FLCN germline mutation was confirmed on the DNA analysis. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with Birt
- References
- 1. Menko FH, van Steensel MA, Giraud S, et al. Birt-Hogg-Dub
- Keywords
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