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

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.