A Rare Cause Of Polycythemia: Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

ASİYE KANBAY, HAKAN BÜYÜKOĞLAN, NEZİHE ÖZDOĞAN, FATMA SEMA OYMAK, MEHMET GÜNGÖR KAYA, İNCİ GÜLMEZ, RAMAZAN DEMİR

  • ASİYE KANBAY: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • HAKAN BÜYÜKOĞLAN: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • NEZİHE ÖZDOĞAN: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • FATMA SEMA OYMAK: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • MEHMET GÜNGÖR KAYA: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • İNCİ GÜLMEZ: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • RAMAZAN DEMİR: ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Year : 2011
  • Vol : 27
  • Issue : 3
  •  Page : 177-178
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) with an incidence of 1-2/million per-year. IPAH is a term used to define a variety of progressive conditions that have in common, increased pulmonary vascular resistance leading to right heart failure and death. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is presented with cyanosis, polyctemia and right heart failure. Increased prevelance of mortality is due to progression and late diagnosis of the disease. We present this case to alert physicians to keep in mind rare but serious disease IPAH in the differential diagnosis of polyctemia.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
2011, Vol. 27 (3)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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