Abstract
Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a rare, progressive and incurable disease, which is characterized by an increase in the pulmonary artery pressure without a demonstrable cause. The most common presenting symptom is dyspnea on exertion, with other symptoms comprising of chest pain, syncope and hemoptysis. The diagnosis is one of exclusion of any of the known causes of pulmonary hypertension. When associated with pregnancy, the maternal mortality ranges from 30 to 50%. Because pregnancy and labor are very serious problems for patients with PPH, the available evidence suggests that pregnancy when afflicted with PPH should be avoided. In account the case of a 33-year old patient, reporting with massive hemoptysis, and diagnosed with PPH during her twenty seventh week of gestation, is presented. She was treated with conservative management, including oxygen and a vasodilator, and underwent a pregnancy termination. However, due to aggravation of right heart failure, she presented with severe systemic hypotension and hypoxemia, and eventually died. This case is reported, with brief review of the literature.
저자들은 임신중기에 대량객혈로 내원하여 안정, 산소공급, 폐혈관확장제, 치료적 유산 그리고 항응고제 사용 등으로 치료하였으나 결국 우심부전으로 사망한 원발성 폐고혈압 환자 1예를 경험하였다. 본 증례는 폐관류 및 환기스캔, 폐혈관조영술 등의 검사와 사망후 부검은 시행하지 못하였으나 현재까지의 검사결과에 의거 시 임신 중 대량객혈로 발현된 일차성 폐고혈압으로 사료되어, 이에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.
