Pulmonary capillary haemangiomatosis causing pulmonary arterial hypertension: a clinician's conundrum

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Oct 7:2018:bcr2018227393. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227393.

Authors

Arun Sharma^#¹, Niraj Nirmal Pandey^#¹, Sanjeev Kumar^#¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Radiology & Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular medicine; radiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biopsy
Computed Tomography Angiography / methods
Diagnosis, Differential
Hemangioma, Capillary / complications*
Hemangioma, Capillary / diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma, Capillary / drug therapy
Hemangioma, Capillary / pathology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology
Interferon alpha-2 / therapeutic use
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Transplantation / methods
Male
Radiography / methods

Substances

Interferon alpha-2

Supplementary concepts

Hemangiomatosis, familial pulmonary capillary