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Possible familial case of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome complicated with lung cancer: A possible link between these two disease entities.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jul 2015
Nishida Chinatsu, Yatera Kazuhiro, Yamasaki Kei, Torii Ryo, Kawanami Yukiko, Kawanami Toshinori, Ishimoto Hiroshi, Shibuya Ryo, Takenaka Masaru, Yamada Sohusuke, Kasai Takahiko, Tanaka Fumihiro, Mukae Hiroshi
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A 65-year-old Japanese woman was introduced to our hospital for an examination of multiple pulmonary cystic lesions and a pulmonary nodule in the left lower lobe. She had a smoking history of 25 pack-years, and her two younger brothers had suffered from pneumothorax; one of them additionally had lung cancer with pulmonary multiple cystic lesions. A surgical biopsy specimen obtained from her left lower lobe...
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