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Enfermedad venooclusiva pulmonar - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad pulmonar vaso-oclusiva

Definición:

Es una forma extremadamente rara de hipertensión arterial en el área pulmonar.

Ver también: hipertensión pulmonar primaria

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

En la mayoría de los casos, la causa de la enfermedad venooclusiva pulmonar se desconoce, pero la afección puede estar relacionada con una infección viral. Se puede presentar como una complicación de ciertas enfermedades como el lupus, o como una complicación de leucemia, linfoma, quimioterapia o trasplante de médula ósea.

Este trastorno es más común entre niños y adultos jóvenes. A medida que la enfermedad empeora, causa estrechamiento de las venas pulmonares, hipertensión de la arteria pulmonar, al igual que congestión e hinchazón de los pulmones.

Sistema respiratorio

Reviewed last on: 6/2/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Barst RJ. Pulmonary hypertension. In Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 67.

Channick RN, Rubin LJ. Pulmonary hypertension. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus CV, Martin TR, et al. Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 52.

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