A case of early diagnosis of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis in a worker with exposure to silica.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is a progressive and refractory vascular disease in the lung. Pulmonary hypertension is frequently combined with PCH when capillary proliferation invades to nearby pulmonary vascular systems. It is difficult to differentiate PCH from other diseases such as pulmonary venoocclusive disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension that cause pulmonary hypertension as they frequently overlap.

Case presentation

A 29-year-old female who had worked at a bathtub factory presented with progressive exertional dyspnea for the past 2 years. Computed tomography revealed centrilobular, diffusely spreading ground-glass opacities sparing subpleural parenchyma with some cystic lesions and air-trapping in both lungs, suggesting a peculiar patter

SUBMITTER: Yeo CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6651969 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature