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Lymphatic manifestations of lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Lymphology - 1 Sept 2014
Gupta R, Kitaichi M, Inoue Y, Kotloff R, McCormack F X
Abstract excerpt
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a slowly progressive, low grade, metastasizing neoplasm, associated with cellular invasion and cystic destruction of the pulmonary parenchyma. Although the source of LAM cells that infiltrate the lung is unknown, available evidence indicates that the disease spreads primarily through lymphatic channels, often involving abdominal, axial, and retroperitoneal nodes, suggestive of an...
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