id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
work_l6jo2ogkdrdblhqsdmh24zyqi4	C. W. Pierce	Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome: an inherited cause of spontaneous pneumothorax	2011	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2354	353	49	was suspected on the basis of clinical and radiographic features, as well as evidence of autosomal dominant transmission in the patient's family. renal tumours showed a small (5 mm) lesion in • Because a positive family history is found in about 11.5% of patients consider genetically inherited syndromes among the possible causes. • Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome is a genetic condition with autosomal tumours and pulmonary cysts that increase the patient's risk for • Patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome should be regularly checked folliculomas and trichodiscomas present as multiple, small, pale or skin -coloured, dome-shaped with cystic lung disease, spontaneous pneumothoraces, and benign and malignant renal tumours.2,4 Figure 3: Computed tomography scan of the lower lung fields, showing multiple thin-walled cysts bilaterally. Patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome Patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome This report highlights the importance of considering genetically inherited syndromes when a patient presents with recurrent pneumothoraces, pneumothorax, and genetic associations in 89 families with	./cache/work_l6jo2ogkdrdblhqsdmh24zyqi4.pdf	./txt/work_l6jo2ogkdrdblhqsdmh24zyqi4.txt