Extensive pulmonary sarcoid reaction in a patient with BMPR-2 associated idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis
; 33(2): 182-5, 2016 Aug 01.
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive life-threatening disease characterized by vascular remodeling. There is evidence that varied immune mechanism play an important role in progression of pulmonary hypertension. We describe a case of a 35-year-old woman with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and a novel BMPR2 mutation, who underwent a successful lung transplantation. Extensive granulomatous inflammation was seen in the resected lungs. The granulomatous inflammation found in the histology supports a sarcoid-like reaction due to pulmonary hypertension in the context of the BMPR2 mutation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II
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Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
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Mutation
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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ANGIOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Type:
Article