Zeliha ARSLAN, Mithat BIYIKLI, Kürşat YILDIZ, Berrin ÇETİNARSLAN, Ahmet ILGAZLI

Dispnea after appendectomy operation: Case report

Pulmoner Langerhans hücreli histiyositoz (PLCH) nadir görülen bir interstisyel akciğer hastalığıdır. Tahmini prevalansı milyonda iki ila beş arasında olup özellikle genç erkeklerde görülür. Olguların %90'ından fazlası sigara içenlerde görülür. %10-%40'ında diabetes insipidus eşlik eder ve %10-%30'unda pnömotoraks görülebilir. Tanı BAL, transbronşiyal biyopsi veya açık akciğer biyopsisi ile konur. Apandektomi operasyonu sonrası gelişen dispne şikayeti ile başvuran, diabetes insipidusun eşlik ettiği ve transbronşiyal akciğer biyopsisi ile PLCH tanısı alan olguyu sunuyoruz.

Apendektomi operasyonu sonrası dispne: Olgu sunumu

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare interstitial lung disease. Its estimated prevalence is two to five cases per million. Young male adults develop the disease most frequently. Greater than 90% of cases of PLCH occur in smokers. Diabetes insipidus (DI) occurs in about 11% to 40% of patients and pneumothoraces occur in 10% to 30% of patients. The diagnosis of PLCH can be confirmed by BAL, transbronchial biopsy, or surgical lung biopsy. We present a case referred to us with dispnea developed after appendectomy operation, coexisting with DI, and diagnosed to have PLCH using transbronchial lung biopsy.

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