Late presentation of primary pulmonary lymphangiectasis.
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Late presentation of primary pulmonary lymphangiectasis.
Pulmonary lymphangiectasis can occur either as a primary change or secondary to chronic congestion. Primary lymphangiectasis is generally considered to occur exclusively in young children. This report describes three male patients, aged 13, 16, and 19 years, in whom the changes are limited to one lobe or to two lobes and the mediastinum. So far as could be ascertained these patients are the old...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.33.6.791