title: Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis in chronic cardiac failure due to aortic stenosis.
abstract: We report a case of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis in a patient with aortic stenosis. An 86-year-old Japanese female with chronic heart failure due to aortic stenosis suddenly died during hemodialysis. At an autopsy, severe aortic stenosis and cardiomegaly with both left and right ventricular hypertrophy were noted. In the lung, a diffuse proliferation of capillaries in the thickened alveolar septum and collections of hemosiderin-laden macrophages in the alveolar space were observed. These indicated that long-standing passive congestion from aortic stenosis might result in the occurrence of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Ke-Yong
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Akihide
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inenaga
authors.forename: Sohsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimajiri
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaguri
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006435:Renal Dialysis