Abstract
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare cause of pneumothorax in women. We present the case of a 48-year-old woman with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, who had never had a pneumothorax prior to commencing chemotherapy for breast cancer. During chemotherapy she developed 3 pneumothoraces and 2 episodes of pneumomediastinum. We suggest that the pneumothoraces were caused by the chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of chemotherapy triggering pneumothoraces in a woman with lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Emer Kelly MD, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University College Dublin, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. E-mail: emermariekelly{at}hotmail.com.
The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.
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