| Literature DB >> 25610608 |
Duc Ha1, Jessica Mester2, Charis Eng3, Samar Farha4.
Abstract
The pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) exhibits many neoplastic-like features. Cowden syndrome is a difficult-to-recognize heritable cancer syndrome caused by a germline mutation in the phosphatase-and-tensin homolog deleted on the chromosome 10 (PTEN) gene. PTEN regulation has been implicated in cancer development and, more recently, PAH pathogenesis. Here we report a case of PAH in a patient with Cowden syndrome and the response to pulmonary vasodilators.Entities:
Keywords: Cowden syndrome; PTEN mutation; pulmonary hypertension
Year: 2014 PMID: 25610608 PMCID: PMC4278632 DOI: 10.1086/678552
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pulm Circ ISSN: 2045-8932 Impact factor: 3.017