A 63-Year-Old Woman With Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Pulmonary Hypertension With Worsening Hypoxemia

Udit Chaddha; Ioan Puscas; Ashley Prosper; Sivagini Ganesh; Bassam Yaghmour

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2017.05.014

A 63-Year-Old Woman With Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Pulmonary Hypertension With Worsening Hypoxemia

Udit Chaddha, Ioan Puscas, Ashley Prosper, Sivagini Ganesh, Bassam Yaghmour

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Case Presentation A 63-year-old woman with a history of neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) thought to be secondary to the NF-1 presented with a few weeks of worsening dyspnea on exertion. She took no medications other than sildenafil for her pulmonary hypertension (PH). She denied tobacco, alcohol, and illicit or anorectic drug use. She had previously worked as a waitress. Her mother and her brother had NF-1 but no PH or lung disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e89-e93
Journal	Chest
Volume	152
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2017.05.014
State	Published - Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

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A 63-Year-Old Woman With Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Pulmonary Hypertension With Worsening Hypoxemia

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