Facial papules and lung cysts: a case of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

A 72-year-old woman with a chronic cough was referred to the respiratory clinic due to the presence of basal lung cysts on CT of the thorax ([figure 1A][1]). She was a never smoker, and other than a longstanding dry cough she was clinically well with no other symptoms and no history of pneumothorax