Radiologically Indeterminate Pulmonary Cysts in Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome Takuya Onuki, MD, PhD, Yukinobu Goto, MD, PhD, Masami Kuramochi, MD, PhD, Masaharu Inagaki, MD, PhD, Ekapot Bhunchet, MD, PhD, Keiko Suzuki, MD, PhD, Reiko Tanaka, PhD, Mitsuko Furuya, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 2, Pages 682-685 (February 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.120 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Pedigree chart. Proband is indicated by arrow. Filled boxes and circles indicate individuals with pneumothorax. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 682-685DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.120) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intrathoracic findings of the proband. (A) Thoracic computed tomography fails to show any pulmonary cysts. (B) Intrathoracic findings for the patient. A tiny pulmonary cyst detected on the visceral pleura (arrow), is coagulated using Endo-FB3.0 Floating Ball. Resected pulmonary tissue contains a 4-mm-diameter microcyst (inset, hematoxylin and eosin stain). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 682-685DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.120) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Intrathoracic findings for 2 daughters. (A) Daughter 1. (B) Daughter 2. Tiny pulmonary cysts are indicated by arrows. Microcysts are detected in each specimen (hematoxylin and eosin stain). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 682-685DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.120) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions