Mitomycin induced pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Mitomycin induced pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare but devastating cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) characterized by preferential remodeling of the pulmonary venules.Mitomycin-C (MMC) is an alkylating agent commonly used in chemotherapy with documented lung toxicity as well as PVOD adverse effect...

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Main Authors: Afua Kunadu, J. Stephen Stalls, Heloise Labuschagne, Abdullah Thayyil, Randall Falls, Veeranna Maddipati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary vasodilators
Mitomycin-C
Respiratory failure
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221300712100099X

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