RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS - CT APPEARANCE

Authors
KEHAGIAS D PAFITI A VAOS N SAMANIDIS L
Citation
D. Kehagias et al., RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS - CT APPEARANCE, European radiology, 8(3), 1998, pp. 471-473
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09387994
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
471 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0938-7994(1998)8:3<471:RL-CA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease involving the lung, lymphat ic trunk and lymph nodes. Sometimes it appears in the retroperitoneum with or without subsequent development in the lungs. We present a 52-y ear-old woman with retroperitoneal location of the disease. We discuss the abdominal CT appearance, the cytologic and immunophenotypic featu res and a preoperative differential diagnosis is attempted.