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Birt Hogg Dube syndrome (BHD)

 

photo of lung cysts

Source: Department of Clinical Oncology, U.S. National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA
Lung cysts
  • 80% incidence
  • Spontaneous pneumothorax 23%
  • Can be recurrent requiring surgical correction

 

 

 

 

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