Author(s)

Bernardo Cunha, Diogo Morgado Conceição, Carolina Cabo, Nélson Jesus, Lèlita Santos, Armando de Carvalho

Serviço de Medicina Interna A, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

A 62 years old, post-menopausal female was admitted to the Internal Medicine Ward due to dyspnoea, cough and sputum of at least 2 months. Shortness of breath, cough and hypoxaemia persisted and the patient was submitted to a pulmonary angiogram ct which revealed numerous thin-walled air cysts affecting upper and medial zones of both lungs, typical images of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. After discharge to Internal Medicine Consultation Service with Metilprednisolone, the patient was no longer hypoxaemic and remained asymptomatic, even after withdrawal of oral corticosteroid to inhalatory formulation. Further surveillance in short time was scheduled in order to implement rapid imunossupressive treatment when necessary.

Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Chronic Lymphocitic Leukaemia, Post-Menopausal

Cunha, B. , Conceição, D. , Cabo, C. , Jesus, N. , Santos, L. and de Carvalho, A. (2016) Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis on a Post-Menopausal Woman with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 5, 101-104. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2016.53018.