Lung Diseases Unique to Women.

Clin Chest Med

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2021

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  • The respiratory system differences between women and men start during fetal development and are influenced by biologic sex, affecting airway anatomy and exposure to inhaled particles.
  • These differences contribute to varying risks for respiratory diseases, their clinical manifestations, and impacts on health outcomes.
  • The article specifically examines respiratory diseases that uniquely affect females, including lymphangioleiomyomatosis and thoracic endometriosis syndrome.

Article Abstract

The differences in the respiratory system between women and men begin in utero. Biologic sex plays a critical role in fetal development, airway anatomy, inhalational exposures, and inhaled particle deposition of the respiratory system, thus leading to differences in risk for disease, as well as clinical manifestations, morbidity, and mortality. In this article, we focus on those respiratory diseases unique to females: lymphangioleiomyomatosis and thoracic endometriosis syndrome.

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