Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases

Abstract Pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary vascular disease that is difficult to distinguish clinically from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Multiple genes have been implicated in disease pathogenesis in PAH and PVOD and the diseases are thought to be genetic...

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Main Authors: Roger Winters, Lindsay M. Forbes, Dunbar Ivy, Carlyne Cool, Bryan D. Park, Peter Hountras, David Badesch, Sue Gu, Edda Spiekerkoetter, Roham Zamanian, Stacey LeierGluck, Todd M. Bull
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Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70064
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author Roger Winters
Lindsay M. Forbes
Dunbar Ivy
Carlyne Cool
Bryan D. Park
Peter Hountras
David Badesch
Sue Gu
Edda Spiekerkoetter
Roham Zamanian
Stacey LeierGluck
Todd M. Bull
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Lindsay M. Forbes
Dunbar Ivy
Carlyne Cool
Bryan D. Park
Peter Hountras
David Badesch
Sue Gu
Edda Spiekerkoetter
Roham Zamanian
Stacey LeierGluck
Todd M. Bull
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description Abstract Pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary vascular disease that is difficult to distinguish clinically from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Multiple genes have been implicated in disease pathogenesis in PAH and PVOD and the diseases are thought to be genetically distinct. In this report we present a case of first‐degree relatives with pathological evidence of PVOD and PAH. The index patient was diagnosed with PAH at age 42, was treated with escalating pulmonary vasodilator therapy, but eventually succumbed to her disease. On autopsy, her pathology was consistent with PAH. Her son was diagnosed with PAH at age 16, did well on pulmonary vasodilator therapy for over 10 years, but ultimately developed refractory right ventricular failure and received a heart and lung transplantation. Pathology of his explanted lung was consistent with PVOD, and genetic testing was negative for recognized variants that cause PAH or PVOD.
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spelling doaj-art-c47100dc5a6e4cb39f373ddbcd96d6122025-08-20T02:22:40ZengWileyRespirology Case Reports2051-33802024-11-011211n/an/a10.1002/rcr2.70064Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseasesRoger Winters0Lindsay M. Forbes1Dunbar Ivy2Carlyne Cool3Bryan D. Park4Peter Hountras5David Badesch6Sue Gu7Edda Spiekerkoetter8Roham Zamanian9Stacey LeierGluck10Todd M. Bull11Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pediatric Cardiology University of Colorado Children's Hospital Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pathology University of Colorado Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine Stanford University Stanford California USADivision of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine Stanford University Stanford California USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USADivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USAAbstract Pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary vascular disease that is difficult to distinguish clinically from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Multiple genes have been implicated in disease pathogenesis in PAH and PVOD and the diseases are thought to be genetically distinct. In this report we present a case of first‐degree relatives with pathological evidence of PVOD and PAH. The index patient was diagnosed with PAH at age 42, was treated with escalating pulmonary vasodilator therapy, but eventually succumbed to her disease. On autopsy, her pathology was consistent with PAH. Her son was diagnosed with PAH at age 16, did well on pulmonary vasodilator therapy for over 10 years, but ultimately developed refractory right ventricular failure and received a heart and lung transplantation. Pathology of his explanted lung was consistent with PVOD, and genetic testing was negative for recognized variants that cause PAH or PVOD.https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70064geneticspulmonary circulation and pulmonary hypertensionPVOD or pulmonary veno‐occlusive diseaserare lung diseases
spellingShingle Roger Winters
Lindsay M. Forbes
Dunbar Ivy
Carlyne Cool
Bryan D. Park
Peter Hountras
David Badesch
Sue Gu
Edda Spiekerkoetter
Roham Zamanian
Stacey LeierGluck
Todd M. Bull
Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
Respirology Case Reports
genetics
pulmonary circulation and pulmonary hypertension
PVOD or pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease
rare lung diseases
title Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
title_full Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
title_fullStr Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
title_full_unstemmed Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
title_short Case report: A finding of PVOD and PAH in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
title_sort case report a finding of pvod and pah in first degree relatives suggests shared heritable risk and overlapping features of both pulmonary vascular diseases
topic genetics
pulmonary circulation and pulmonary hypertension
PVOD or pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease
rare lung diseases
url https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70064
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