Logo American Journal of Case Reports

Call: 1.631.629.4328
Mon-Fri 10 am - 2 pm EST

Contact Us

Logo American Journal of Case Reports Logo American Journal of Case Reports Logo American Journal of Case Reports

29 June 2025 : Case report  China

Differential Diagnosis and a Novel Mutation in Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Insights from 2 Cases

Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease

Lingfang Tu ACE 1, Yuan Ye BEG 1, Jianya Zhou CF 1, Zhijie Pan AD 1*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.947530

Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e947530

Figure 3 Chest imaging findings demonstrated the presence of multiple lung cysts with or without pulmonary pneumothoraxChest X-ray showed pneumothorax on the left side of the lung (A) and chest HRCT showed sparsely-distributed, thin-walled lung cysts in the lower lobes, with a large amount of pneumothorax at the left hemithorax and mild pneumothorax at the right hemithorax (B, C) of a 57-year-old Chinese woman, and subsequential chest X-ray (D) and chest HRCT performed after treatment of the pneumothorax (E, F). Chest HRCT demonstrated lung cysts in the subpleural (G, H) and basilar medial regions (I) of a 58-year-old Chinese woman. (White arrows indicate pulmonary pneumothorax, and red arrows indicate cystic lesions of the lungs).

Your Privacy

We use cookies to ensure the functionality of our website, to personalize content and advertising, to provide social media features, and to analyze our traffic. If you allow us to do so, we also inform our social media, advertising and analysis partners about your use of our website, You can decise for yourself which categories you you want to deny or allow. Please note that based on your settings not all functionalities of the site are available. View our privacy policy.

American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923