Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome with small vessel pulmonary arterial hypertension

Thorax. 2005 Nov;60(11):971-3. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.023184.

Abstract

A patient with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and pulmonary arterial hypertension not associated with chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension is described. It is hypothesised that pulmonary arterial hypertension is another complication associated with the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, possibly due to haemodynamic changes of small vessel abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / complications*
  • Male
  • Microcirculation
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*