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[Kyphoscoliosis as a cause of pulmonary hypertension]
Andreas Schröder1, Thomas Schumacher, Andreas Tromm
1Klinik für Innere Medizin, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hattigen.
History And Clinical Findings:
A 61-year-old male patient complained about diffuse upper abdominal pain and a progressive dyspnoe on exertion. Of clinical relevance were signs of congestive heart failure and a distinct kyphoscoliosis.
Therapy And Clinical Course:
A cardiac catheter examination proved a pulmonary hypertension without cardiac genesis. Both, pulmonary function test and computed tomography of the thorax rule out obstructive bronchial asthma and embolism of the lung. As the sole cause of pulmonary hypertension, kyphoscoliosis was diagnosed. Since the patient refused noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, a medication with calcium entry blocker and ACE blocker was induced, followed by oxygen breathing. This successfully helped to reduce pulmonary resistance (746 vs. 332 dyn*s*cm(-5)).
Conclusion:
Kyphoscoliosis can create a considerable increase of pulmonary resistance. Medical treatment and oxygen breathing have proven to be an efficient method to lower that significantly.
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