Facial papules and lung cysts: a case of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Paul Griffiths; Alex Bull
- Source
- BMJ Case Rep
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
Thorax
Lung Diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Images In…
030105 genetics & heredity
Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome
Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
Basal (phylogenetics)
0302 clinical medicine
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
medicine
Humans
Respiratory system
Facial papules
Lung cysts
Aged
business.industry
Cysts
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
General Medicine
respiratory system
medicine.disease
Dermatology
respiratory tract diseases
Chronic cough
Pneumothorax
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Face
Mutation
Skin Abnormalities
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- English
A 72-year-old woman with a chronic cough was referred to the respiratory clinic due to the presence of basal lung cysts on CT of the thorax ([figure 1A][1]). She was a never smoker, and other than a longstanding dry cough she was clinically well with no other symptoms and no history of pneumothorax