RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chemotherapy-Associated Recurrent Pneumothoraces in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 1491
OP 1494
VO 55
IS 11
A1 Emer Kelly
A1 Elaine Ni Mhurchu
A1 Sumainizah Sukor
A1 Timothy J McDonnell
A1 Dimitrios Tryfonopoulos
A1 Michael P Keane
YR 2010
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/11/1491.abstract
AB 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.