Pathology of pulmonary hypertension and schistosomiasis mansoni.
We report a case of a 33-year-old woman with grade IV pulmonary hypertension and end stage cor pulmonale secondary to chronic schistosomiasis (bilharziasis). The pathophysiology and morphologic features are discussed. Schistosomiasis is an important etiology to consider in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.
Rivero
M A
MA
Department of Pathology, Ramón Ruiz Arnau University Hospital, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Marcial
M A
MA
Reyes
A
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*