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Prevalence and clinical features of lymphedema in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
[lymphangioleiomyomatosis]
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
(
LAM
)
is
a
rare
cystic
lung
disease
predominantly
affecting
young
women
.
Some
of
these
patients
develop
lymphedema
of
the
lower
extremities
and
buttocks
;
however
,
neither
the
exact
frequency
of
LAM
-associated
lymphedema
nor
the
clinical
features
of
such
patients
is
well
delineated
.
To
document
the
frequency
,
features
,
and
treatment
of
LAM
-associated
lymphedema
.
W
e
reviewed
all
medical
records
of
patients
listed
in
the
Juntendo
University
LAM
registry
for
the
30
years
preceding
August
2010
.
Of
228
patients
registered
with
a
diagnosis
of
LAM
,
eight
(
3
.
5
%
)
had
LAM
-associated
lymphedema
of
the
lower
extremities
.
All
were
females
with
sporadic
LAM
,
and
their
mean
age
when
diagnosed
was
32
.
5
years
(
range
23
-
44
)
.
Lymphedema
of
the
lower
extremities
was
the
chief
or
a
prominent
presenting
feature
in
five
of
these
LAM
patients
.
CT
scans
showed
that
all
eight
patients
had
enlarged
lymph
nodes
(
lymphangioleiomyomas
)
in
the
retroperitoneum
and
/
or
pelvic
cavity
.
Yet
,
cystic
destruction
of
the
lungs
was
mild
in
four
patients
,
moderate
in
two
and
severe
only
in
two
.
Seven
of
these
patients
were
treated
by
administering
a
fat-
restricted
diet
and
complex
decongestive
physiotherapy
,
and
four
received
a
gonadotropin-releasing
hormone
analog
.
With
this
combined
protocol
,
all
eight
patients
benefitted
from
complete
relief
or
good
control
of
the
lymphedema
.
Lymphedema
is
a
rare
complication
of
LAM
and
may
be
associated
with
axial
lymphatic
involvement
or
dysfunction
rather
than
severe
cystic
lung
destruction
.
The
combined
multimodal
treatments
used
here
effectively
resolved
or
controlled
LAM
-associated
lymphedema
.
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