An Uncommon Incidence of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Case Report

• Main Authors: Suman Rao MD (Author), Alisha Khan MD (Author), Parth Sampat MBBS (Author), Michael Sandhu MD (Author), Andrew M. Weinberg DO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is often a difficult condition to diagnose, since it occurs insidiously and is a diagnosis of exclusion. Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NFT1) have been associated with severe exacerbations of PH. To our knowledge, less than 20 cases of PH in NFT1 patients have be...