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REPORT OF A CASE WITH DISCUSSION OF THE PATHOGENESIS

MARTIN J. SOKOLOFF, M.D; HAROLD L. STEWART, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1933;51(3):403-412.

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Sclerosis of the pulmonary artery and arterioles associated with Ayerza's syndrome occurs secondary to a variety of diseases, congenital and acquired, of the heart, lungs, pericardium, pleura and blood vessels (Miller¹). Primary sclerosis developing independently of these conditions is much less frequent. The majority of the latter cases are due to syphilis (Rogers,² Warthin,³ Arrillaga,⁴ Elizalda,⁵ Hare and Ross,⁶ Thomas,⁷ Bruce and co-workers,⁸ Cheney,⁹ Weber and Bode¹⁰ and Konstam and Turnbull¹¹); a few to rheumatic fever (Paul¹²). In a smaller group the lesion is hyperplastic and noninflammatory and the etiology obscure (Rosenthal,¹³ Bacon and Apfelbach¹⁴).

REPORT OF CASE

G. P., a stevedore, white, aged 48, was first seen in October, 1924, complaining of a cough productive of a small amount of mucus, a feeling of constriction across the upper part of the chest and dyspnea, which had developed over a period of five years. The family . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Instructor in Medicine; Demonstrator in Pathology; PHILADELPHIA

From the Department of Diseases of the Chest and the Pathological Laboratories of the Jefferson Medical College and Hospital.

Footnotes
This study was aided by a grant from the Martin Research Fund.

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