%0 Journal Article %T Lymphangiomatosis: The Cause of Refractory Pleural Effusion in a Patient with Lupus Erythematosus %J TANAFFOS (Respiration) %I National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran %Z 1735-0344 %A Jamaati, Hamidreza %A Saeedi, Bahareh %A Farzanegan, Roya %A Behgam Shadmehr, Mohammad %D 2015 %\ 06/01/2015 %V 14 %N 2 %P 153-155 %! Lymphangiomatosis: The Cause of Refractory Pleural Effusion in a Patient with Lupus Erythematosus %K Pleural effusion %K Mediastinum %K Lupus Erythematosus %R %X Mediastinal cavernous lymphangioma is a rare mediastinal lesion and its association with lupus erythematosus has not yet been reported in the literature. We present a 25 year-old female with lupus erythematosus who had bilateral massive refractory and recurrent pleural effusion as well as ascites for a long period of time. During surgery, a huge multicystic lesion with a thick wall, covering the entire parietal and visceral pleura was found, which was subsequently proven to be a cystic cavernous lymphangioma. %U https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_242189_9f2c3a97cc03ab96dd521a72bd907e2b.pdf