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Lung India 2009
Bloom syndrome with lung involvementKeywords: Bloom′s syndrome , telangiectasia , growth retardation , respiratory infections , consanguinous parentage Abstract: We report a case of a 24-year old male presented with cough and breathlessness with diabetes mellitus and diagnosed as a case of bloom syndrome. He was a product of consanguineous marriage, having short stature, dolicocephaly, polydactyly, prominent nose with telangiectasia face. The respiratory system examination revealed bilateral coarse crepitations and wheezes and the chest X-ray revealed emphysema with right middle zone inhomogenous opacity. Also, CT thorax examination revealed bilateral cystic bronchiectasis with bronchiolitis obliterans. Bloom′s syndrome was diagnosed on the basis of clinical features.
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