Schleich JM, Almange C, Laurent M, Leborgne O, Gras D, Gouérou A, Le Prisé PY, Delambre JF. [Stenosis of the branches of the pulmonary artery caused by Hodgkin's lymphadenopathies].
ARCHIVES DES MALADIES DU COEUR ET DES VAISSEAUX 1991;
84:123-6. [PMID:
2012480]
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Abstract
A 22 year old patient was admitted to hospital for dyspnoea and haemoptysis. Cardiac catheterisation showed a pressure gradient between the main pulmonary artery and its branches. Pulmonary angiography showed appearances of extrinsic compression of the branches of the pulmonary artery. This was shown to be caused by lymphadenopathy on CT scan and Hodgkin's disease was diagnosed after surgical biopsy. The pressure gradient between the main pulmonary artery and its distal branches almost completely regressed after chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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