Clinicopathologic Analysis of Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Objective To investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis(PLAM).Method Expression of estrogen receptor(ER)and progesterone receptor(PR) in tumor tissues of three patients with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis(PLAM) was retrospectively analyzed by immunohistochemistry.Result ER and PR were positively expressed in the tumor tissues of patients with PLAM.Conclusion The detection of ER and PR expression may be helpful for further research of the pathogenesis,diagnosi...