Florid pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.
A young woman presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea and clinical findings strongly suggestive of primary pulmonary hypertension or possible pulmonary embolism (or both). She died of acute right-sided heart failure. A diagnosis of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease was made at autopsy. Approximately 100 cases of this disease have been reported previously in the literature. We describe a patient with a particularly florid progression of this unusual disease. Death occurred within six weeks of the onset of symptoms.
Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
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S
Nawaz
M J
MJ
Dobersen
S G
SG
Blount
H I
HI
Firminger
T L
TL
Petty
D000328:Adult; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography