TY - JOUR
T1 - Idiopathic pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
AU - Iwaki, Mai
AU - Imaizumi, Kazuyoshi
AU - Yokoi, Toyoharu
AU - Kondo, Masashi
AU - Kawaguchi, Katsuhiro
AU - Hasegawa, Yoshinori
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Diffuse centrilobular ground-glass opacities
KW - Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis
KW - Pulmonary hypertension
KW - Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
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U2 - 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1935
DO - 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1935
M3 - Article
C2 - 19652432
AN - SCOPUS:70349518576
SN - 0918-2918
VL - 48
SP - 1289
EP - 1292
JO - Internal Medicine
JF - Internal Medicine
IS - 15
ER -