Oviedo Angelica, Abramson Lisa P, Worthington Ross, Dainauskas John R, Crawford Susan E
Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003 Sep;36(3):253-6. doi: 10.1002/ppul.10245.
Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is a rare disease characterized by pulmonary hypertension and excessive neovascularization within the pulmonary interstitium, vasculature, and airways. We describe two unusual cases of congenital PCH. Both cases had concurrent anomalies, including renal and urinary bladder agenesis and hypertropic cardiomyopathy. In one case, capillary proliferation caused significant impingement of the proximal bronchial airways. A review of the current literature is described.