Primary Sclerosis of the Pulmonary Artery*†
Authors: EDGAR R. PUND
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 May 1932Primary Sclerosis of the Pulmonary ArteryReport of a CaseEDGAR R. PUND, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P., THOMAS B. PHINIZY, M.D.EDGAR R. PUND, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, THOMAS B. PHINIZY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-11-1391 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptArteriosclerosis of the pulmonary artery may be primary or secondary. The primary type is rare and affects the small arteries and the arterioles of the pulmonary circulation with or without accompanying arteriosclerotic changes in the larger branches. The sclerotic changes in the small arteries produce narrowing and even obliteration of the lumen, thereby causing an increase in the pulmonary blood pressure, followed by dilation and hypertrophy of the right side of the heart and finally cardiac failure. There are no antecedent pulmonary or cardiac changes, and, according to Steinberg,1the use of the term primary sclerosis of the pulmonary artery...References1 STEINBERG U: Systematische Untersuchungen über die Arteriosklerose der Lungenschlagadern; zur Frage der primären Pulmonalsklerose, Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path., 1929, lxxxii, 443-463. Google Scholar2 ESCUDERO P: Enfermedad de Ayerza, Rev. Soc. de med. int., 1925, i, 701-820. Google Scholar3 BRACHETTO-BRAIN : Concepto anátomopatológico de los cardíacos negros de Ayerza, Rec. Soc., de med. int., 1925, i, 821-931. Google Scholar4 CHENEY G: Ayerza's disease; report of two cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1927, clxxiv, 34-45. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 STAFFIERI D: Enfermedad de Ayerza, Rev. méd. del Rosario, 1929, xix, 437-446. Google Scholar6 ARRILLAGA FC: Esclerosis de la arteria pulmonar, Semana med., 1924, xxxi, 60-62. Google Scholar7 WARTHIN AS: Syphilis of the pulmonary artery: syphilitic aneurysm of left upper division; demonstration of Spirochete pallida in wall of artery and aneurysmal sac, Am. Jr. Syph., 1917, i, 693-711. Google Scholar8 MILLER HR: Sclerosis of pulmonary artery and its branches, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1925, ix, 673-716. Google Scholar9 ROSENTHAL SR: Sclerosis of the pulmonary artery and arterioles: clinical pathologic entity, Arch. Path., 1930, x, 717-739. Google Scholar10 HAREROSS DCJM: Syphilitic disease of pulmonary arteries, with account of case, Lancet, 1929, ii, 806-812. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 GIUFFRIDA E: Recerche sull' arterioscloerosi nelle piccole arterie del polmone, Arch. di pat, e clin. med., 1929, ix, 77-110. Google Scholar12 ACHARD C: Cardiaques noirs et arteérites pulmonaires, Bull. méd., 1930, xliv, 409-413. Google Scholar13 SCHIASSI F: Arteriosclerosi dell'arteria polmonare, Arch. di pat. e clin. med., 1930, ix, 526-541. Google Scholar14 KONSTAMTURNBULL GLHM: Syphilis of lung with pulmonary arteritis (Ayerza's disease), Lancet, 1929, ii, 756-761. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 CAUSSADETARDIEU GA: Un cas d'artérite syphilitique du poumon (cardiaque noir). Considérations sur la bronchite chronique syphilitique et la syphilis artérielle du poumon, Arch. med.-chir. de l'app. respir., 1928, iii, 269-282. Google Scholar16 VON GLAHNPAPPENHEIMER WCAM: Specific lesions of peripheral blood-vessels in rheumatism, Am. Jr. Path. 1926, ii, 235-249. Google Scholar17 PLENGE K: Zur Frage der Syphilis der Lungenschlagader, Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat., 1930, cclxxv, 572-584. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 REEKE T: Über Syphilis der Pulmonalarterie, Centralbl. f. allg. Path. u. path. Anat., 1930, xlix, 257-260. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Augusta, Georgia*From the Medical Department of the University of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.†Received for publication, August 10, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByAyerza's disease 1 May 1932Volume 5, Issue 11Page: 1391-1396KeywordsArteriesArteriolesBlood pressureHeart failurePulmonary arteries Issue Published: 1 May 1932 PDF DownloadLoading ...