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Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease: A Surgical Lung Biopsy-proven and Autopsied Case Radiologically Mimicking Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis at the Time of a Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
- Source :
- Internal Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 2019.
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Abstract
- Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare disease in the subgroup of conditions known as pulmonary arterial hypertension. Although a histological examination is needed for a definitive diagnosis, a non-invasive diagnosis is required for patients with pulmonary hypertension because a lung biopsy is deemed risky. We herein report a 32-year-old woman diagnosed with PVOD via a surgical lung biopsy and autopsy whose disease showed radiological findings mimicking those of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (pneumonia) at the time of the transbronchial lung biopsy, without obvious pulmonary hypertension on admission. When clinicians encounter patients with interstitial lung disease, they should not forget the possibility of PVOD and should be alert for emerging pulmonary hypertension.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
transbronchial lung biopsy
Biopsy
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Case Report
Autopsy
Lung biopsy
surgical lung biopsy
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD)
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
Fatal Outcome
autopsy
0302 clinical medicine
pulmonary hypertension
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
Lung
hypersensitivity pneumonitis (pneumonia)
business.industry
Interstitial lung disease
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Pneumonia
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease
Female
Radiography, Thoracic
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
Rare disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13497235 and 09182918
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0abfd8046ba7f7664ad2353a66247571