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Miller S, Coveney C, Johnson J, Farmaki AE, Gupta N, Tobin MD, Wain LV, McCormack FX, Boocock DJ, Johnson SR. The vitamin D binding protein axis modifies disease severity in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Eur Respir J 2018; 52:1800951. [PMID: 30093573 PMCID: PMC6214577 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00951-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease of women. Decline in lung function is variable, making appropriate targeting of therapy difficult. We used unbiased serum proteomics to identify markers associated with outcome in LAM.101 women with LAM and 22 healthy controls were recruited from the National Centre for LAM in the UK. 152 DNA and serum samples with linked lung function and outcome data were obtained from patients in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute LAM Registry in the USA. Proteomic analysis was performed on a discovery cohort of 50 LAM and 20 control serum samples using a SCIEX SWATH mass spectrometric workflow. Protein levels were quantitated by ELISA and single nucleotide polymorphisms in GC (group-specific component) encoding vitamin D binding protein (VTDB) were genotyped.Proteomic analysis showed VTDB was 2.6-fold lower in LAM than controls. Serum VTDB was lower in progressive compared with stable LAM (p=0.001) and correlated with diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (p=0.01). Median time to death or lung transplant was reduced by 46 months in those with CC genotypes at rs4588 and 38 months in those with non-A-containing haplotypes at rs7041/4588 (p=0.014 and 0.008, respectively).The VTDB axis is associated with disease severity and outcome, and GC genotype could help predict transplant-free survival in LAM.
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- Suzanne Miller
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham and National Institute for Health Research, Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham and National Institute for Health Research, Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- Dept of Health Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Dept of Health Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Dept of Health Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham and National Institute for Health Research, Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK
- National Centre for LAM, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
- Nottingham Molecular Pathology Node, Nottingham, UK
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Baldi BG, Freitas CSG, Araujo MS, Dias OM, Pereira DAS, Pimenta SP, Kairalla RA, Carvalho CRR. Clinical course and characterisation of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a Brazilian reference centre. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2014; 31:129-135. [PMID: 25078640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease that promotes pulmonary cystic destruction and impairs pulmonary function. We aim to describe features and clinical course of LAM patients from Brazil. METHODS We described the clinical and functional features, performance in six minute walk test (6MWT), management details, survival and clinical course of 84 LAM patients followed in a Brazilian reference centre. RESULTS All subjects were women, the average age at onset of symptoms was 38 years, and the average at diagnosis was 42 years. The major symptoms during the course of the disease were dyspnoea and pneumothorax. The patients experienced impaired quality of life, with worse scores in the physical and emotional domains. The most common abnormalities in pulmonary function tests were an obstructive pattern and reduced diffusion capacity, whereas a quarter of the patients had normal spirometric results. In the 6MWT, although patients had preserved exercise capacity, more than half of the patients had significant desaturation. Hormonal blockage and doxycycline were the most common treatment modalities employed in our patients. The survival probability from diagnosis was 90% at 5 years, whereas the mean annual rate of decline in FEV1 was 60 ± 78 mL. CONCLUSIONS Clinical and functional features of the LAM patients from our centre are similar to those from other countries. Our sample showed preserved exercise capacity, with desaturation in the 6MWT, and impaired quality of life. Survival was similar, whereas the annual rate of decline of FEV1 was slightly lower than in recent studies.
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- Bruno Guedes Baldi
- Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Adachi K, Kurosawa S, Wagatsuma T, Yamamoto Y, Kameyama E, Nishino R. [Perioperative management of lung transplantations in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension compared with that in patients with lymphangiomyomatosis]. Masui 2013; 62:573-579. [PMID: 23772531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The number of lung transplantation has tended to increase as a treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) in Japan. However, we have little evidence about the comparison of perioperative management in patients with PAH and that in patients with LAM. METHODS In this retrospective study, ten patients with PAH and seventeen patients with LAM who underwent the lung transplantations between 2006 and 2011 were enrolled. RESULTS PAH patients received double lung transplantation with intraoperative cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) support. Before anesthesia induction, percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) was begun. Most of LAM patients received single lung transplantation without using CPB support and PCPS support before anesthesia induction. But sometimes during an operation PCPS support was necessary. Postoperative PCPS support showed no significant differences between PAH and LAM. The four year survival rate was 80% (PAH) and 87.8% (LAM). Pao2/FIo2 in patients with PAH and in those with LAM, %FEV10 in those with LAM after surgery improved when compared to those before surgery. CONCLUSIONS The large difference in perioperative management between patients with PAH and those with LAM is an important knowledge for anesthesist.
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- Koko Adachi
- Department of Anesthesiology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai 980-8574
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Oprescu N, McCormack FX, Byrnes S, Kinder BW. Clinical predictors of mortality and cause of death in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a population-based registry. Lung 2012; 191:35-42. [PMID: 23007140 DOI: 10.1007/s00408-012-9419-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, progressive, frequently lethal cystic lung disease that almost exclusively affects women. Prognostic information in LAM has been limited by small numbers and heterogeneous study methodology. Early retrospective cohorts cited 5- and 10-year mortality of 40 and 80 %, respectively. More recently, mortality at 10 years has been estimated to be approximately 10-20 % from the onset of symptoms and 30 % at 10 years from the time of lung biopsy but varies widely in individual patients. Given the heterogeneous disease course, it would be useful to establish which clinical characteristics are associated with survival to develop prediction models for disease outcome. METHODS The LAM Foundation maintains a population-based registry of 1,149 registered self-identified LAM patients. Of these, 590 have completed a "General Information/Clinical History Questionnaire" with limited demographic and clinical data, 410 of whom were identified as U.S. residents and provided date of birth. Vital status was obtained on all 410 participants through December 31, 2007 by linking patient identifiers and the National Death Index. Survival time was calculated as the time since first lung-related symptom or physician diagnosis until censoring (still alive, received lung transplant, or died). Cox proportional hazard analysis evaluated the association of demographic and clinical features with survival. RESULTS Among the 410 subjects, there were 50 deaths and 55 lung transplantations during a median of 10.4 years of observation time. The estimated median transplant-free survival time for LAM patients in the United States is 29 years from symptom onset and 23 years from diagnosis. The estimated 10-year survival transplant-free was 86 %. Age at disease onset, smoking status, race, presence of tuberous sclerosis, occurrence of pneumothorax, and pregnancy did not demonstrate an association with survival or transplant. Greater age at presentation and presence of angiomyolipoma were associated with less risk of mortality. Treatment with hormonal therapy was associated with an increased risk of death/transplant (hazard ratio (HR) 2.93; 95 % confidence interval (CI), 1.54-5.58; p = 0.001), particularly progesterone therapy (HR 2.17; 95 % CI 1.26-3.75, p = 0.005), and may represent confounding by indication. Patients who required oxygen therapy had a worse outcome (HR 4.53; 95 % CI 2.76-7.42; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our population-based study showed that the median survival in patients with LAM from the onset of symptoms or diagnosis is much longer than previously described. This has important implications for life choices and treatment decisions regarding medication use and lung transplantation for patients with LAM.
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- N Oprescu
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Cincinnati Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Lee S. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis--a brief review and estimation of excess risk. J Insur Med 2012; 43:27-31. [PMID: 22397128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare pulmonary disease in women of child-bearing age. It is multisystem disease and affects mainly the lungs. A recently published Korean medical article showed a sharp increase of LAM patients in Korea since 2004. LAM is not discussed in the standard textbook of insurance medicine. This article will briefly review LAM and estimate excess risk derived from recently published articles.
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- Sinhyung Lee
- Samsung Life Service Co. 10th Fl. Samsung-Jeil Bldg, 702-2, Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea, 135-751.
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Park HY, Nam HS, Chung MP, Jeong SH, Kim YJ, Cha SI, Kim YW, Park JS, Uh ST, Park CS, Park MS, Moon JA, Jung KS, Jegal YJ, Kim DS, Song JW, Yum HK, Park YB. A nationwide survey of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in Korea: recent increase in newly diagnosed patients. J Korean Med Sci 2010; 25:1182-6. [PMID: 20676330 PMCID: PMC2908788 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.8.1182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In 2007, the Korean Interstitial Lung Disease Society had collected clinical data of patients who have diagnosed as Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) since 1990 through nationwide survey, which showed that LAM patients had increased sharply after 2004. The present study was performed to show the clinical features of Korean patients with LAM, and to establish the reason for the recent increase in the diagnosis. All 63 patients were women and the mean age at diagnosis was 36 yr. The most common presenting symptom was dyspnea and 8 patients had tuberous sclerosis complex. The survival rate at 5 yr after diagnosis was 84%. Compared with patients diagnosed after 2004 (n=34), the patients diagnosed before 2004 (n=29) complained with dyspnea more (P=0.016) and had lower FEV(1)% predicted (P=0.003), and DLco% predicted (P=0.042). The higher proportion of patients diagnosed after 2004 showed the normal chest radiography, and they were detected by routine chest CT screening (P=0.016). This study showed that clinical features of Korean patients with LAM were not different from those reported elsewhere. It is concluded that the reason for the increase of newly diagnosed patients is the result of increase in detection of the early stage LAM by the widespread use of chest CT screening.
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- Hye Yun Park
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Lung Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Lung Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Respiration and Allergy Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Hayashida M, Seyama K, Inoue Y, Fujimoto K, Kubo K. The epidemiology of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study of presenting features and prognostic factors. Respirology 2007; 12:523-30. [PMID: 17587419 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01101.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To evaluate the characteristics and prognostic factors of Japanese patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). METHODS A nationwide survey to identify patients with LAM was conducted by questionnaire. Survival probability was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and the prognostic factors were analysed by Cox regression. RESULTS Data were collected on 173 patients with pulmonary LAM. The major presenting features were pneumothorax (43%) and exertional dyspnoea (37%). The survival probabilities for patients presenting with exertional dyspnoea (Group A) were 85%, 60% and 47% after 5, 10 and 15 years, respectively, and for patients presenting with pneumothorax (Group B) were 95%, 89% and 89%, respectively. Although the age at symptom onset was higher among patients in Group A than in Group B, Cox regression revealed that the presenting feature was a prognostic factor independent of age at symptom onset (Group A/B hazard ratio = 5.732, P < 0.01). In the subgroup of patients whose initial FEV(1) was >1000 mL, or FEV(1)/FVC >40%, or %DL(CO) >40%, the rate of deterioration in these tests was greater in Group A than in Group B (P < 0.01 for FEV(1), P < 0.05 for FEV(1)/FVC and %DL(CO)). CONCLUSIONS There are two possible subgroups of LAM patients. One subgroup that presented with pneumothorax, had onset of symptoms at a younger age and a more favourable prognosis; the other presented with exertional dyspnoea, had onset of symptoms at an older age and a poorer prognosis.
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- Mie Hayashida
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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Saleem I, Moss J, Egan JJ. Lung transplantation for rare pulmonary diseases. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2005; 22 Suppl 1:S85-90. [PMID: 16457020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Emphysema, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis are the major indications for lung transplantation. This article will present an overview of lung transplantation in the context of rare pulmonary diseases, in particular pulmonary sarcoidosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), and pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis X (LCH). It will present criteria used in deciding when a patient should be referred and will discuss medical management in the context of lung transplantation.
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- Imran Saleem
- The Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Steagall WK, Taveira-DaSilva AM, Moss J. Clinical and molecular insights into lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2005; 22 Suppl 1:S49-66. [PMID: 16457017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease of women that is characterized by a proliferation of abnormal smooth muscle-like cells (LAM cells), which leads to cystic lung lesions, lymphatic abnormalities, and abdominal tumors (e.g., angiomyolipomas). LAM occurs sporadically or in association with tuberous sclerosis complex, an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by hamartoma-like tumor growths. The tumor suppressor genes TSC1 and TSC2 have been implicated in the etiology of LAM, as mutations and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in TSC2 have been detected in LAM cells. TSC1 encodes hamartin, with a postulated role in actin cytoskeleton reorganization. TSC2 encodes tuberin, a protein with roles in cell growth and proliferation, transcriptional activation, and endocytosis. LAM cells, as defined by TSC2 LOH, have been detected in blood and body fluids, and can metastasize. LAM presents insidiously with progressive breathlessness, or dramatically with recurrent pneumothorax, chylothorax, or sudden abdominal hemorrhage. CT scans show numerous thin-walled cysts throughout the lungs, abdominal angiomyolipomas, and lymphangioleiomyomas. Pulmonary function tests show reduced flow rates (FEV1) and diffusion capacity (DL(CO)). Twenty per cent of patients have positive bronchodilator responses. Exercise testing shows gas-exchange abnormalities, ventilatory limitation, and hypoxemia that may occur with near-normal lung function. Progression of disease is best assessed by measurements of DL(CO) and FEV1. In the proper clinical setting, LAM may be diagnosed by a thoraco-abdominal CT scan. Tissue biopsy with special stains (HMB-45) should be reserved for cases with atypical presentations. There is no effective treatment for LAM, but on-going therapeutic trials with rapamycin appear promising.
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- Wendy K Steagall
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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BACKGROUND Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare and progressive disease of young women with no effective treatment. Previous estimates of 10 year survival, based mostly on case series or patients from tertiary centres, have ranged from 40% to 79%; no data are available on the progression of respiratory disability. In order to provide data for patients and for planning intervention studies, we have looked at the time course of LAM using a national cohort. METHODS Time to death, time to MRC dyspnoea grades 2-5, and need for oxygen in patients on the UK LAM database were analysed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression. RESULTS Fifty seven of 72 patients responded with a median duration of follow up of 12.6 years (range 2.3-37) from the onset of symptoms. Ten year survival was 91% from onset of symptoms but varied widely with 11 patients alive after 20 years. Median time to MRC grade 3 dyspnoea (breathless walking on the flat) was 9.3 years (95% CI 5.1 to 13.4) from onset of symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Survival from LAM appears to be better than that reported in early studies. These data should be helpful for patients and for planning clinical trials.
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- S R Johnson
- Division of Therapeutics and Molecular Medicine, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
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Hu H, Wang W, Wang X. [Clinical analysis of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2001; 81:1256-60. [PMID: 11825531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the clinical features, treatment, and prognosis of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). METHODS A retrospective analysis of 16 cases of LAM was made, among which two were diagnosed and treated in the Chinese PLA General Hospital, and the clinical data of the other fourteen cases were studied by literature review. RESULTS Among the 16 patients, 15 were female (94%) and 1 was male (6%). The age of onset ranged 5 - 69 years, with an average age of onset of 35 +/- 15 years. Thirteen patients (81%) were women of childbearing age. The main clinical menifestations included dyspnea (15 cases, 94%), hemoptysis (10 cases, 62%), pneumothorax (7 cases, 44%), and chylothorax (7 cases, 44%). High-resolution computerized tomography conducted in 14 cases showed thin-walled air-filled cysts throughout both lungs. Seven patients took pulmonary function test with the results of obstructive ventilatory disturbance in 5 cases, mixed ventilatory disturbance in 2 cases, and reduction of carbon dioxide duffusing capacity in all cases. Arterial blood gas analysis was made among 11 patients and showed hypoxemia (blood oxygen < 80 mm Hg) in 8 cases and respiratory failure in 5 cases. All of the patients were misdiagnosed as other diseases at the first visit. The time between onset of symptoms and confirmation of diagnosis ranged 2 - 276 months (median 28 months). Six patients were treated with medroxyprogesterone for 6-50 months. Among them two patient' condition remained stable, two patients' condition was worsened, and two died. Six out of the 16 patients (38%) died of respiratory failure, pneumothorax, or lung infection 1.5 to 26 years after the onset. CONCLUSION The main clinical manifestations of LAM are dyspnea, hemoptysis, pneumothorax, and chylothorax. Medroxyprogesterone is of little curative effect on LAM. The main task in LAM research is to find out its etiology and effective treatment.
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- H Hu
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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BACKGROUND Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is an uncommon disease of not well-known evolution. We describe the clinical features and follow-up of a group of patients diagnosed of LAM in a hospital pulmonary transplantation programme. PATIENTS AND METHODS 15 women (mean age: 43, range: 36-52) diagnosed of LAM, 9 at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron and 6 referred from other hospitals, for preoperative evolution of lung transplantation, were retrospectively studied. RESULTS Dyspnea appeared in all cases and it was the main symptom. Pleural problems in the early evolution of the disease were also very frequent (12 out of 15 patients). For this reason, pleurodesis was performed in 7 patients and pleurectomy in 2 (one of them bilateral). Thoracic CT scan showed very characteristic cystic images and abdominal CT proved the presence of extrathoracic associated angiomyolipomas in one case. In two patients, LAM was diagnosed after studying the explanted lung. These two patients had been previously misdiagnosed of emphysema and pulmonary haemosiderosis. Survival since the beginning of symptoms was 82 and 49%, 5 and 10 years later, respectively. Six out of eight patients who underwent lung transplantation had a long postoperative survival. CONCLUSIONS LAM seems to be as infrequent in Catalunya as in other countries, even if some cases could be misdiagnosed. Lung transplantation is useful in the advanced stages of the disease and, in our experience, it has improved respiratory insufficiency in half of the patients.
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- A Román
- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
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Welte T. [Lung transplantation in lymphangioleiomyomatosis]. Pneumologie 1997; 51:537-8. [PMID: 9265159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- T Welte
- Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Angologie und Pneumologie O. v. Guericke Universität Magdeburg
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BACKGROUND Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease of unknown origin that usually leads to progressive deterioration of lung function and eventual death from respiratory failure. It occurs in women of reproductive age and people with tuberous sclerosis. Lung transplantation is a recent therapeutic approach. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study by questionnaire of 34 patients, treated at 16 transplantation centers, who underwent lung transplantation for end-stage lymphangioleiomyomatosis between 1983 and 1995. RESULTS Of the 34 patients, 27 received single-lung transplants; 6, bilateral transplants; and 1, a heart-lung transplant. As of August 31, 1995, the actuarial survival calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method was 69 percent after one year and 58 percent after two years. Eighteen patients were alive 33 +/- 20 months (range, 3 to 74) after transplantation. Forced expiratory volume in one second increased from 24 +/- 12 percent of the predicted value before transplantation to 48 +/- 16 percent six months after transplantation. Five early deaths (within one month) were due to hemorrhage (in one patient), acute lung injury (in three), and dehiscence of the bronchial anastomosis (in one). Eleven late deaths (after one month) were due to infections (in eight patients), bronchiolitis obliterans (in two), and metastatic nephroblastoma (in one). Disease-associated problems were extensive pleural adhesions in 18 patients, leading to moderate-to-severe intraoperative hemorrhage in 4; pneumothorax in the native lung after single-lung transplantation in 6 patients; postoperative chylothorax in 3; and recurrent lymphangioleiomyomatosis in the allograft in 1 patient, who died of disseminated aspergillosis. CONCLUSIONS Although disease-related complications are frequent, lung transplantation can be a valuable therapy for patients with end-stage lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
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- A Boehler
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
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The objective of this study was to present clinical and radiological data of eight women with histologically proven lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) diagnosed between 1984 and 1994, and to suggest a diagnostic strategy when LAM is suspected. A review of case reports, including results of biopsies, lung function and radiological procedures was undertaken. The mean age of the women at start of symptoms was 36 years, and the mean age at time of diagnosis 42 years. The most frequent presenting complaint was dyspnea, either in conjunction with pneumothorax (3), chylothorax (2) or on exertion (2). All patients had airflow limitation and markedly reduced gas transfer. Five patients had 16 episodes of pneumothorax. In seven patients multiple cysts were observed on the surface of the lung during thoracotomy while computerized tomography (CT) scans revealed numerous cysts evenly distributed throughout the lung parenchyma. The procedures that confirmed the diagnosis included transbronchial lung biopsy (4), open lung biopsy (2), thoracoscopy (1), thoracotomy (3) and autopsy (1). Three specimens had to be revised before the histological diagnosis was confirmed. It was concluded that the important clues to a diagnosis of LAM are recurrent episodes of pneumothoraces in fertile women, progressive air-flow limitation, markedly reduced gas transfer and characteristic findings on thoracic CT scans. A specific request to the pathologist to stain lung tissue specimens for smooth muscle cells is mandatory.
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- A Naalsund
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, National Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway
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Kitaichi M, Nishimura K, Itoh H, Izumi T. Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a report of 46 patients including a clinicopathologic study of prognostic factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151:527-33. [PMID: 7842216 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.2.7842216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The clinical and pathologic features of 46 patients from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) were studied. Only two (5%) among 40 evaluable treatments were assessed to be effective. Some prognostic factors of LAM were recognized. A reduction of the forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) ratio was a poor prognostic factor at 2 yr after the first examination, with a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). An increase in the percentage of predicted total lung capacity (%TLC) correlated with a poor prognosis at 2, 3, and 5 yr after the first examination, with statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). Histologically, two types of pulmonary lesions were observed; a predominantly cystic type and a predominantly muscular type. Patients with predominantly cystic LAM lesions showed a tendency to a poor prognosis from 2 to 5 yr after the biopsy. Among open lung biopsy findings, higher grades of abnormal areas were unfavorable as a prognostic factor from 2 to 5 yr after the biopsy, with statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). Higher grades of cystic lesions correlated inversely with survival at 2, 4, and 5 yr after the lung biopsy, with statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).
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- M Kitaichi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chest Disease Research Institute Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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