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Reversible Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a 6‐Year‐Old Girl with Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
Author(s) -
øSTERGAARD J. R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb10906.x
Subject(s) - medicine , extrinsic allergic alveolitis , vascular resistance , pulmonary artery , pulmonary hypertension , cardiology , pulmonary fibrosis , cardiac catheterization , hemodynamics , girl , fibrosis , lung , psychology , developmental psychology
ABSTRACT. A case is reported of a 6‐year‐old girl who developed extrinsic allergic alveolitis due to hypersensitivity to her pet budgerigars. Pulmonary artery pressure measurements obtained by a cardiac catheterization demonstrated a significant increase in the pulmonary vascular resistance during the acute stage of the disease. Six months after exclusion of exposure to the budgerigars the hemodynamic of the pulmonary circulation was normalized. The present case thus shows that a reversible increase in the pulmonary vascular resistance in extrinsic allergic alveolitis of childhood may occur without development of an irreversible pulmonary fibrosis.