Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Whipple’s Disease

We describe a case of Whipple’s disease with pulmonary hypertension in a 72-year-old woman in whom the pulmonary hypertension resolved completely after antibiotic therapy. She was admitted to study with a 2-months history of weight loss, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, asthenia, inappetence, and fever. S...

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Main Authors: A. Villa, G. Nucera, A. Kostihova, A. Mazzola, P. Marino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/382460