Ogawa Aiko, Kitani Masashi, Mizoguchi Hiroki, Munemasa Mitsuru, Matsuo Kiyoshi, Yamadori Ichiro, Andou Akio, Matsubara Hiromi
Department of Clinical Science, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Intern Med. 2014;53(7):729-33. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1343. Epub 2012 Mar 1.
We herein report a case of peripheral type chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension treated with medical therapy and subsequent balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA). After a series of BPA procedures, the patient's hemodynamics almost completely normalized. The patient was later diagnosed with lung carcinoma, and the vasculature of the resected lung demonstrated intimal thickening and luminal stenosis in the pulmonary arteries in both the areas where BPA was performed and not performed, in spite of a marked reduction in pulmonary arterial pressure. The present case is the first report on the histology of the pulmonary vasculature following BPA.
