Transition From Pulmonary to Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Rare Case of Hematemesis in an Adolescent With Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension and Valvular Regurgitation
Bilal Ashraf, Muhammad Ubaid Hussain, Abdal Zahid, Fatima Sohail, Shan e Ali Shoukat, Modibo Yattassaye, Noreen Ashraf · 2026
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Description
Bilal Ashraf and co-authors present a case report from two thousand twenty-six about a fifteen-year-old boy with long-standing high pressure in the lung arteries. The disease strains the right side of the heart. It often causes breathlessness and coughing of blood, but vomiting blood is a rare and easily missed sign.
The boy arrived after vomiting a large amount of blood, following coughing of blood and nosebleeds. Tests first suggested bleeding in the upper gut. Heart scans instead showed severe lung pressure, strain on the right heart, and leaky lung and aortic valves. The team judged a heart-lung source likely, though a gut source could not be ruled out. Care focused on steadying circulation and replacing lost blood.
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| CREATOR | Bilal Ashraf, Muhammad Ubaid Hussain, Abdal Zahid, Fatima Sohail, Shan e Ali Shoukat, Modibo Yattassaye, Noreen Ashraf |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |