Air travel and incidence of pneumothorax in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Cynthia GonanoJérôme PasquierCécile DaccordSimon R JohnsonSergio HarariViolette LeclercLucy FalconerEleonora MianoJean-François CordierVincent CottinRomain LazorPublished in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2018)
The incidence of PT in LAM is about 1000 times higher than in the general female population, and is further increased threefold after AT. Chemical or surgical pleurodesis partly reduces the risk of PT recurrence in LAM.