[Pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis. Long-term benefit of anti-estrogen treatments remains uncertain]. / Lymphangiomyomatose pulmonaire. Le bénéfice des traitements anti-oestrogènes reste incertain à long terme.
Rev Pneumol Clin
; 51(4): 233-7, 1995.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7501941
ABSTRACT
Lymphangiomyomatosis is a rare disease which affects young women of childbearing age. Ten women with pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis were treated with antiestrogen therapy from 3 to 9 years (mean time of treatment 5.3 years). Efficacy of treatment was evaluated by clinical, radiological, pulmonary function testing response as well as the overall long-term outcome. Four patients died of respiratory failure after 3, 5, 5 and 9 years of treatment. Of the 6 patients remaining alive, respiratory function deteriorated in 4 cases after a transient period of mild improvement lasting 3 years in 2 cases. Two patients appeared stable after 3 and 7 years of treatment. Without a control group, although a longer time of survival along these last years, it seems difficult to impute this benefit to the sole antiestrogen treatment and the overall long term prognosis of the disease remains really uncertain.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
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Estrogen Antagonists
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Lung Diseases
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Rev Pneumol Clin
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article