Τίτλος:
Left Functional Pneumonectomy Caused by a Very Rare Giant Intrathoracic Cystic Lesion in a Patient with Gorham-Stout Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Περίληψη:
Gorham-Stout syndrome is an uncommon entity, with few cases reported in bibliography. It consists of osteolytic manifestations affecting various bones and replacing them with lymphangiomatous tissue. With pathophysiology unknown, Gorham-Stout disease affects also cardiorespiratory system usually causing lytic lesions to the bones of the thoracic cage or directly invading the thoracic duct. This is a case report of a unique respiratory manifestation of the disease and a review of its cardiorespiratory complications.
Συγγραφείς:
Tasis, Nikolaos
Tsouknidas, Ioannis
Ioannidis, Argyrios
Nassiopoulos, Konstantinos
Filippou, Dimitrios
Περιοδικό:
Case Reports in Pulmonology
DOI:
10.1155/2018/2406496
