title: Primary pulmonary hypertension and functional hyposplenism.
abstract: Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare disease of unknown case. Functional hyposplenism is characterized by the appearance of abnormal circulating erythrocytes despite the presence of a spleen and is associated with a variety of disease states. A case of primary pulmonary hypertension associated with functional hyposplenism is described in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fahy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deb
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications*