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Herein we present a BHDS family. Targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) revealed a novel <jats:italic>FLCN<\/jats:italic> intragenic deletion spanning exons 10-14 in four members including the proband with pulmonary cysts and spontaneous pneumothorax, one member with suspicious skin lesions and a few pulmonary cysts, as well as two asymptomatic family members. In addition, a linkage analysis further demonstrated one member with pulmonary bullae to be a BHDS-ruled-out case, whose bullae presented more likely as an aspect of paraseptal emphysema. Furthermore, the targeted NGS and MLPA data including our previous and present findings were reviewed and analyzed to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods, and a brief review of the relevant literature is included. 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