Idiopathic pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
| Autor: | Masashi Kondo, Kazuyoshi Imaizumi, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Toyoharu Yokoi, Mai Iwaki, Katsuhiro Kawaguchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Hypertension Pulmonary Computed tomography Lung biopsy Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis Diagnosis Differential Fatal Outcome Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine Humans Pathological medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension respiratory tract diseases Wide area Pulmonary Veins Heart catheterization Cardiology Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease Female business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 48(15) |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 |
| Popis: | We report a case of idiopathic pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD). The patient experienced progressively worsening dyspnea. Heart catheterization revealed severe pulmonary hypertension. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) showed diffuse, poorly identified centrilobular ground-glass opacities. Surgical lung biopsy led to the diagnosis of PVOD. A microscopic examination revealed occlusions of pulmonary veins and venules over a wide area with prominent loop-like capillary dilatations. These pathological findings may be correlated with the radiological characteristics of HRCT in this case. |
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