[Phlebitis of the right upper limb and thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Apropos of a case of heart-lung transplantation].

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 25 year old man with unexplained pulmonary hypertension during his first hospital admission. However, a past medical history suggesting right arm vein thrombosis was obtained. Venography showed signs of thoraco-brachial compression. After heart-lung transplantation, pathological studies of the explanted organs showed changes of thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension. A spontaneous right arm venous thrombosis occurred during convalescence. The possibility of post-embolic pulmonary hypertension caused by venous thrombosis of the upper limbs is discussed.

• Authors: P Quinson, M Lagable, J F Mornex, O Jegaden, F Thévenet, H Milon
• Journal: Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux (Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss) Vol. 87 Issue 2 Pg. 287-90 (Feb 1994) ISSN: 0003-9683 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Phlébite du membre supérieur droit et hypertension artérielle pulmonaire thrombo-embolique. A propos d'un cas traité par greffe coeur-poumons.
• PMID: 7802539 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Angiography, Digital Subtraction
• Arm (blood supply)
• Heart-Lung Transplantation
• Humans
• Hypertension, Pulmonary (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Male
• Pulmonary Artery (diagnostic imaging)
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (complications)
• Thromboembolism (complications)
• Thrombosis (etiology)