Chest 1999 May;115(5):1452-5
Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: radiologic resolution
following smoking cessation.
Mogulkoc N, Veral A, Bishop PW, Bayindir U, Pickering CA, Egan JJ.
We describe two patients with histologically proven pulmonary Langerhans' cell
histiocytosis in whom radiologic improvement occurred following smoking cessation. The
patients had 23- and 25-pack-year smoking histories, respectively. High-resolution CT
revealed multiple small nodules, located predominantly in the upper and middle lung
fields. There was a close temporal relationship between smoking cessation and radiologic
improvement.
PMID: 10334170
