Familial pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: a case report
| Autor: | C. G. Voordes, J. D. Elema, J. R. G. Kuipers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Infant Newborn Pulmonary vein atresia Infant Disease Lung pathology Viral infection Surgery Pulmonary vein Pulmonary Veins Occlusion medicine Humans Vascular Diseases Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease business Lung Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 32:763-766 |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| Popis: | A case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in a male infant who died at the age of 3 months is presented. Both intra- and extrapulmonary veins were involved. Two years earlier a brother had died of the same disease at the age of 8 weeks, but, in that case, the disease was restricted to the intrapulmonary veins. It is suggested that the disease may have been caused by a viral infection, the mother acting as a carrier. The simultaneous occurrence of intra- and extraparenchymal pulmonary vein occlusion indicates that some instances of isolated extraparenchymal pulmonary vein atresia or obstruction may also have been examples of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. |
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