Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Diagnosis and Management: High-Resolution Chest Computed Tomography, Transbronchial Lung Biopsy, and Pleural Disease Management. An Official American Thoracic Society/Japanese Respiratory Society Clinical Practice Guideline

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 196; no. 10; pp. 1337 - 1348
• Main Authors: Gupta, Nishant, Finlay, Geraldine A., Kotloff, Robert M., Strange, Charlie, Wilson, Kevin C., Young, Lisa R., Taveira-DaSilva, Angelo M., Johnson, Simon R., Cottin, Vincent, Sahn, Steven A., Ryu, Jay H., Seyama, Kuniaki, Inoue, Yoshikazu, Downey, Gregory P., Han, MeiLan K., Colby, Thomas V., Wikenheiser-Brokamp, Kathryn A., Meyer, Cristopher A., Smith, Karen, Moss, Joel, McCormack, Francis X.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Thoracic Society 15.11.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; American Thoracic Society Documents; Biopsy; Biopsy - methods; Clinical practice guidelines; Critical Care - standards; Female; Heart; Humans; Japan; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - diagnosis; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - therapy; Male; Medical diagnosis; Middle Aged; Patients; Pleural Diseases - diagnosis; Pleural Diseases - therapy; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Respiratory Care Units - standards; Singers; Societies; Thorax - diagnostic imaging; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Transplants & implants; United States

Recommendations regarding key aspects related to the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) were recently published. We now provide additional recommendations regarding four specific questions related to the diagnosis of LAM and management of pneumothoraces in pati...