%0 Journal Article
%T Dispnea After Appendectomy Operation: Case Report
%A Zeliha ARSLAN
%J Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi
%D 2010
%I 
%X Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare interstitial lung disease. Its estimated prevalence is two to five cases per million. Young male adults develop the disease most frequently. Greater than 90% of cases of PLCH occur in smokers. Diabetes insipidus (DI) occurs in about 11% to 40% of patients and pneumothoraces occur in 10% to 30% of patients. The diagnosis of PLCH can be confirmed by BAL, transbronchial biopsy, or surgical lung biopsy. We present a case referred to us with dispnea developed after appendectomy operation, coexisting with DI, and diagnosed to have PLCH using transbronchial lung biopsy.
%K Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH)
%K interstitial lung disease
%K diabetes insipidus
%K transbronchial lung biopsy
%K dispnea
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