In contrast to hereditary lymphangioleiomyomatosis the somatic form is sporadic and caused by mutations hat develop after fertilization and therefore usually are not hereditary. Symptoms consist of dyspnea, pneumothorax and chylothorax. The mutation may be detected in the TSC2 gene in tissue samples and sometimes also in blood.
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