Gaucher's Disease of the Lung Causing Severe Pulmonary Hypertension with Associated Acute Recurrent Pericarditis | Zendy

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Gaucher's Disease of the Lung Causing Severe Pulmonary Hypertension with Associated Acute Recurrent Pericarditis

Author(s) -

William C. Roberts,

Donald S. Fredrickson

Publication year - 1967

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.35.4.783

Subject(s) - medicine , hemopericardium , pulmonary hypertension , cardiac tamponade , etiology , gaucher's disease , pathological , pericarditis , acute pericarditis , lung , disease , pericardial effusion , cardiology , pathology

The clinical and pathological features of a 30-year-old man with Gaucher's disease are described. He had severe pulmonary hypertension resulting from obstruction of pulmonary capillaries by Gaucher cells. Acute recurrent pericarditis of unknown etiology terminally led to hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade.

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