Year: 1981
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is an extremely rare cause of pulmonary hypertension, leading ultimately to right heart failure and death.In the 30 or so cases published up to 1976, the veno-occlusive process affected both lungs.1Calderon and Burdine2 reported a case affected by VOD with asymmetrical disturbanceof perfusion caused by unilateral stenosis of major veins.The abnormalities of smaller veins and venules were, however, distributed in a similar fashion throughout both lungs.This communication deals with a patient in whom VOD was confined to a unilateral hypertransradiant lung (Swyer-James MacLeod syndrome).The patient although suffering from recurrent bouts of unilateral lung infection was free of symptoms referrable to pulmonary hypertension.To the best of our knowledge no instance of a unilateral hypertransradiant lung being the site of pul- monary veno-occlusive disease has been reported. Case repot
Source: Thorax
DOI: 10.1136/thx.36.5.397
Authors: M Pajewski, R Reif, H Manor, R Starinsky, D Katzir
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2010395372