pulmonary glomangiosis

pul·mo·nar·y glo·man·gi·o·sis

glomangiosis occurring within small pulmonary arteries in severe pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease.
Synonym(s): angiomatoid lesion, plexiform lesion
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plexiform lesion of the lung

A lesion that is the histopathologic hallmark of pulmonary arterial hypertension, which consists of obliterative endothelial cell proliferation and vascular smooth muscle cell hypertrophy in small precapillary pulmonary arterioles.
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