Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary hypertension"
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==Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD)== | ==Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD)== | ||
Features:<ref>PPP | Features:<ref>{{Ref PPP|393-6}}</ref> | ||
*Clinical - gradual dyspnea +/- non-productive cough, +/- clubbing. | *Clinical - gradual dyspnea +/- non-productive cough, +/- clubbing. | ||
*Thrombosis - small veins & venules, particularily at the interlobular septae. | *Thrombosis - small veins & venules, particularily at the interlobular septae. | ||
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*Proliferating and invasive capillaries.<ref name=pmid3770733>{{cite journal |author=Tron V, Magee F, Wright JL, Colby T, Churg A |title=Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=17 |issue=11 |pages=1144-50 |year=1986 |month=November |pmid=3770733 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Proliferating and invasive capillaries.<ref name=pmid3770733>{{cite journal |author=Tron V, Magee F, Wright JL, Colby T, Churg A |title=Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=17 |issue=11 |pages=1144-50 |year=1986 |month=November |pmid=3770733 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Demonstrated by CD34 immunostaining.<ref name=pmid16819327/> | *Demonstrated by CD34 immunostaining.<ref name=pmid16819327/> | ||
*'''Dilated capillaries'''<ref>MC August 2009.</ref><ref>PPP | *'''Dilated capillaries'''<ref>MC August 2009.</ref><ref>{{Ref PPP|396-7}}</ref> - key feature. | ||
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