Cystic lung disease

BE Clarke - Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2013 - jcp.bmj.com
This review addresses the pathology of lung disease in which the predominant finding is
diffuse cystic change. Although cysts may be found radiologically in a wide variety of …

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH): a new UK register

RH Mason, NM Foley, HM Branley, HI Adamali… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare interstitial lung disease of
unknown aetiology. We aimed to characterise a UK-wide cohort of patients with PLCH and …

Pediatric pulmonary multisystem langerhans cell histiocytosis: does lung lesion severity affect the outcome?

M Sedky, S Gohar, S Ahmed, I Zaky, A Salama… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background The pediatric pulmonary multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PPM LCH)
is associated with either low risk or high risk organ (s). The nodulo-cystic lung lesions …

Mechanisms of exercise limitation and prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

GI Heiden, JB Sobral, CSG Freitas… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) determines reduced exercise
capacity. The speculated mechanisms of exercise impairment in PLCH are ventilatory and …

Extrathoracic investigation in adult patients with isolated pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis

A Tazi, C de Margerie-Mellon, L Vercellino… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background An important objective on diagnosis of patients with Langerhans cell
histiocytosis (LCH) is to determine the extent of disease. However, whether systematic …

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis provides diagnostic information on pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Y Takizawa, N Taniuchi, M Ghazizadeh… - Journal of Nippon …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Histiocytes of Langerhans cell type are recovered from the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
(BALF) of patients with interstitial lung diseases in a nonspecific manner. Langerhans cells …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis in adults: A case report

FF Wang, YS Liu, WB Zhu, YD Liu… - World Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of unknown aetiology.
While it may affect any organ of the body, few cases of solitary lung involvement are …

[PDF][PDF] Multiple cystic lung disease

HK Koo, CG Yoo - Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases, 2013 - synapse.koreamed.org
A lung cyst is an air-filled lucent structure surrounded by a thin wall. The presence of
multiple intrapulmonary cysts is defined as cystic lung disease. Although cystic lung disease …

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis with lytic bone involvement in an adult smoker: regression following smoking cessation

B Routy, J Hoang, J Gruber - Case Reports in Hematology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare myeloid neoplasm characterized by the
proliferation and dissemination of histiocytes. These in turn may cause symptoms ranging …

[HTML][HTML] A unique presentation of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

V Srivatsav, K Tallon - Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH) is a diffuse lung disease that
primarily affects young adults, with cigarette smoking playing a significant role in developing …