Pulmonary hypertension, hypoxemia, and death in a patient with scleroderma.
Pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis is usually secondary to pulmonary fibrosis or vascular changes. We have described a patient with systemic sclerosis who had pulmonary hypertension as a result of unsuspected thromboembolic disease.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*