ЛЕГОЧНАЯ АРТЕРИАЛЬНАЯ ГИПЕРТЕНЗИЯ КАК ПРОЯВЛЕНИЕ ПАРАНЕОПЛАСТИЧЕСКОГО СИНДРОМА ПРИ ГИПЕРНЕФРОМЕ

Abstract

We give a case report of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a male patient with cancer of kidney. The hypothesis of pathogenetic link between these diseases was made. The cause of pulmonary hypertension could be cancer with ectopic production of biologic active substances, growth factors in combination with the susceptibility to develop PAH in poor gene penetrance.

Keywords

• pulmonary arterial hypertension
• kidney cancer
• paraneoplasia