Pulmonary hypertension associated with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, the first of our knowledge, is described. Severe pulmonary hypertension was associated with the portal hypertension and with markers of active auto-immunity. Pulmonary hypertension has not previously been associated with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. The coexistence of vasculopathy of the portal and pulmonary vascular beds in this patient with active autoimmunity supports the postulate that portal-pulmonary hypertension may be immunologically mediated.
Medical subject headings
- Hypertension, Portal
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic