Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms with Recurrent Thrombophlebitis
Authors: WILLIAM L. KOPP
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Case Reports1 January 1962Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms with Recurrent ThrombophlebitisThe "Hughes-Stovin Syndrome"WILLIAM L. KOPP, M.D., ROBERT A. GREEN, M.D.WILLIAM L. KOPP, M.D., ROBERT A. GREEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-56-1-105 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPulmonary artery aneurysms are rare. In the patient presented in this report they were associated with recurrent thrombosis of systemic veins and dural sinuses. These findings may indicate a syndrome of obscure etiology.CASE REPORTA 30-year-old white male schoolteacher was well until 1952, when he noted periodic febrile episodes, sometimes accompanied by red, tender lesions on the lower extremities. In 1954 he was treated at another hospital for acute glomerulonephritis, from which he recovered fully. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, MichiganFrom the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert A. Green, M. D., Pulmonary Disease Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByPulmonary vasculitis in Hughes-Stovin syndrome (HSS): a reference atlas and computed tomography pulmonary angiography guide—a report by the HSS International Study GroupHughes-Stovin syndrome (HSS): current status and future perspectivesA critical analysis of 57 cases of Hughes-Stovin syndrome (HSS). 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