Successful simultaneous stenting of a pulmonary artery and vein in pulmonary vascular stenosis due to silicosis. Case report and literature review

A 58-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency department due to severe respiratory insufficiency. Anamnesis revealed that the patient had experienced increasing stress dyspnea for a few months. Upon imaging, an acute pulmonary embolism was excluded, but peribronchial and hilar soft tissue proliferation with compression of central parts of the pulmonary circulation was found. The patient had a history of silicosis. The histology report showed tumor-free lymph node particles with prominent anthracotic pigment and dust depositions without evidence of IgG4-associated disease. The patient was administered steroid therapy and underwent simultaneous stenting of the left interlobular pulmonary artery and the upper right pulmonary vein. As a result, a significant improvement in symptoms and physical performance was achieved. The diagnosis of inflammatory or, in particular, fibrosing mediastinal processes can be challenging and important clinical symptoms must be taken into account, especially if the pulmonary vasculature is involved. In such cases, the possibility of interventional procedures should be examined in addition to drug therapy options.

1. Introduction

Inflammatory and especially fibrosing mediastinal processes can lead to significant differential diagnostic challenges and key clinical symptoms, especially if pulmonary vascular involvement is present (1–4). In cases of definitively confirmed pulmonary arterial and/or venous stenosis, it is important to clarify whether interventional procedures are an option in addition to drug therapy (5–7).

The following case description reveals the chameleon-like clinical symptoms of an extremely rare case of simultaneous pulmonary artery (PA) and pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis as a result of silicosis, the considerable challenges in confirming the diagnosis, and the currently existing therapeutic options for the treatment of pulmonary vascular co-involvement in fibrosing mediastinal diseases.

2. Case description

In June 2020, a 58-year-old patient with known history of silicosis first presented due to increasing dyspnea under stress. The blood gases in the referring clinic showed hyperventilation and hypoxemia (pH 7.47, pCO₂ 32 mmHg, pO₂ 52 mmHg). Upon imaging, consolidations were detected in the lower and middle lobes of the right lung as well as in the upper lobe of the left lung, which were initially interpreted as a result of a possible previous infection.

Due to severe dyspnea (RR 29/min) with persistent hypoxemia under low-flow oxygen and now manifest hypercapnic respiratory insufficiency (PaCO₂ 66 mmHg, pH 7.23) high-flow oxygen therapy (HFNC) with intermittent non-invasive ventilation (NIV) was initiated. ECG showed sinus tachycardia (103 bpm) with normal axis. There was also no indication of IgG4-associated disease. There was no improvement with antibiotic therapy, so that under the suspicion of exacerbated inflammatory lung disease, steroid therapy (initially 1 g/day for 3 day followed by 1 mg/kg/day) was initiated along with diuretic therapy due to a tendency for peripheral edema in connection with known hypertensive heart disease. These measures led to an impressive improvement of the respiratory and clinical situation and normalization of blood gases when breathing room air; under these conditions, the 6-min walking distance was 400 m without ventilatory insufficiency or hypoxemia. The lung function test showed an obstructive respiratory disease (FEV1/FVC 56%, FEV1 57%-pred., Reff 128%-pred.), the diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide was reduced (53%-pred.).

In August 2020, a follow-up thoracic CT scan showed a complete regression of basal consolidations in the right lower lobe and clear regression of the remaining inflammatory changes. Steroid therapy was continued at 50 mg/day, reduced in dose over time, and discontinued in October 2020 (see timeline, Figure 1 and Table 1).

FIGURE 1

Figure 1. (A) Cardio-pulmonary exercise data. Grey bars before and green bars after intervention in 3/2021; (B) data from a) with the addition of AaDO₂ at 80 Watt (maximal power achieved at the pre-interventional cardio-pulmonary exercise test).

TABLE 1

Table 1. Case reports without interventions.

3. Further diagnostic assessment, treatment, and clinical course

In December 2020, the patient again developed progressive exercise dyspnea with a productive cough and fatigue. Blood gas analysis showed hypoxemic respiratory insufficiency (pH 7,48, PaO₂ 50 mmHg, PaCO₂ 32 mmHg). Body plethysmography revealed an irreversible moderate obstructive ventilation disorder with reduced diffusion capacity (DLCO 60%-pred.).

Echocardiography revealed that systolic pulmonary arterial pressure was increased to 65 mmHg. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) (Figure 1) showed a limited load (79 W, 60% of normal) as well as reduced ventilatory capacity, deconditioning, a pseudorestrictive breathing pattern, and abnormal diffusion with an AaDO₂ of 50.3 mmHg, characteristic of pulmonary vasculopathy. Scintigraphy showed reduced perfusion in both lungs. There was no evidence of PA embolism in angio-CT scans of the thorax, but there was a compression of central regions of the left pulmonary arterial tree, with soft tissue proliferation on both sides, hilar and peribronchial (Figure 2), largely identical to the first imaging results from June 2020. Also striking was a compression-related concentric high-grade stenosis of the outflow portion of the left lower lobe artery, a moderate compression of the bronchus intermedius and the lower lobe bronchus, and a rupture of the middle lobe bronchus.

FIGURE 2

Figure 2. Preinterventional computed tomography showing perihilar soft tissue proliferation circumferentially located around the right main stem bronchus (red arrows).

Rigid bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) revealed extensive peribronchial compactions walling in surrounding tissue without recognizable boundaries as well as calcifications in the lymph nodes. Macroscopically, the biopsies were anthracotic. Histology revealed tumor-free lymph node particles with prominent anthracotic pigment and dust depositions. There were practically no positively labeled cells upon staining of MUM 1 as a marker of plasma cells or B cells. A conspicuous proliferation of IgG- or IgG4-positive plasma cells could be ruled out.

To further clarify the suspected vascular compression with consequent reduction of perfusion, selective pulmonary angiography supplemented by high-resolution angio-CT of the thorax was performed. The compression-related stenosis of the left lower lobe artery was confirmed, and stenosis of the right upper PV was also detected. Furthermore, a segmental pulmonary embolism was observed in the region of the right lower lobe. Moderate precapillary pulmonary hypertension with a PAm of 27 mmHg, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 4 mmHg, and a PVR of 4.4 WU was detected using right heart catheterization. Under load (40 W) there was a significant increase in PAm to 61 mmHg and in PVR to 5.1 WU.

Under renewed steroid therapy, simultaneous percutaneous intervention on the left interlobular PA and the right upper PV was carried out on March 11, 2021, by means of balloon dilatation and stent insertion (Figure 3): the left interlobar pulmonary artery was stented using an AndraTex Optimus CoCr Stent (L in 12 × 23 mm) after predilatation with Medtronic Admiral Xtreme 8.0 × 40 mm and 10.0 × 40 mm balloons. The right upper pulmonary vein was stented using a Cordis Palmaz Genesis (9 × 17 mm) after predilatation with a Cordis Powerflex Pro (6 × 20 mm). Post-procedural results were documented with selective angiography. Post-intervention the patient developed reperfusion edema of the left lower lobe of the lung that was quickly brought under control by NIV and negative fluid balance. A three-month dual anti-platelet therapy and oral anticoagulation (for 3 months at reduced dosage) were prescribed. Steroid therapy was gradually reduced to <5 mg/day. In the clinical course up to September 2022, CPET (Figure 1) showed increasing improvement in findings with significantly increased resilience (138 W, 92% normal), a decrease in diffusion disturbances, and an improved respiratory efficiency compared to the CPET before PA- and PV-stenting and the follow-up CPETs in 2021. Echocardiographically a normalization of PA pressure was seen.

FIGURE 3

Figure 3. Intervention on the left interlobular pulmonary artery with high-grade stenosis before (A) and good flow after (B) stent insertion. Intervention on the highly stenosed upper right pulmonary vein (C) with good outflow after stent insertion (D).

4. Discussion

The present case report is the first description of simultaneous, successful stenting of concurrent stenosis of a pulmonary artery and vein with pulmonary hypertension in the context of mediastinal fibrosis with lymph node enlargement due to silicosis with anthracofibrosis. A similar stenting of pulmonary artery and vein stenosis in mediastinal fibrosis caused be Histoplasmosis was already described in 2001 by Doyle et al. (27). The diagnosis of vascular stenosis resulting from mediastinal fibrosis in the setting of silicosis is supported by the known occupational load, the bronchoscopically visible anthracotic mucosal changes, the CT findings with lymph node enlargement, including calcifications, and the histological changes with evidence of prominent anthracotic pigment and dust depositions as well as exclusion of other causes.

Initially, the pronounced clinical symptoms—swelling of the bronchial mucosa as is characteristic of anthracosilicosis, detection of infiltrates in the right lower lobe, and acute hypoxemic and hypercapnic insufficiency—were interpreted as signs of pneumonia complicated by cardiac decompensation with simultaneous pulmonary hypertension, especially since there was significant clinical improvement with diuretic therapy and non-invasive ventilation as well as complementary steroid therapy. Retrospectively, and with knowledge of the pulmonary vascular status, the transient respiratory deterioration and the pronounced bronchial mucosal thickening and bronchial stenosis can be explained by the impairment of pulmonary perfusion as well as intermittent pulmonary congestion as a result of PV stenosis. Similar findings for pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary venous congestion, and occasionally also additional pleural effusions and hemoptysis have already been described in connection with pulmonary vascular stenosis, mainly in the context of fibrosing mediastinitis (19, 20, 28–31). Wang et al. describe the dyad, triad, and tetralogy of pulmonary hypertension in fibrosing mediastinitis (PH-FM), which can even be seen in a chest radiograph. The FM dyad includes predominant main PA and lobe atelectasis. FM triad refers to the FM dyad plus pleural effusion or pulmonary congestion/interstitial pulmonary edema. FM tetralogy includes the mentioned 4 signs (9). Clinical indications of relevant stenosis of the pulmonary arteries were found in the CT of the thorax by the increasing vascular rarefication of the left lower lobe of the lung and the accordingly reduced perfusion in the scintigram. Pulmonary venous stenosis could only be diagnosed using pulmonary angiography and a supplementary high-resolution CT with appropriate contrast agent administration. This underlines the importance of employing high-quality and differential diagnostics for the assessment of pulmonary vascular involvement.

With differential diagnosis it is possible to essentially exclude fibrosing mediastinitis in undefined mediastinal processes. This is a rare disease caused by extensive fibroinflammatory changes with compression of vessels, especially the pulmonary vessels and the superior vena cava but also in individual cases the coronary vessels and esophagus (1, 2, 5, 15), that is characterized by a potentially lethal course. In most cases, fibrosing mediastinitis is infection associated (mostly histoplasmosis, occasionally in tuberculosis, coccidioidomycosis), non-infection associated (e.g., sarcoidosis, IgG4-related, silicosis), iatrogenic (e.g., radiotherapy, chest surgery) disease or it is idiopathic (3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 23, 32–34). In addition, further manifestations of multifocal fibrosis may be present (1).

The initially successful steroid therapy was suggestive of a steroid-sensitive, IgG4-associated disease; on the other hand, positive effects of steroids are also described that are independent of IgG4 (1, 2, 15). However, there were no clear indications, in particular serological or histological, in the present case. Here, the silicotic changes were particularly impressive.

In the present case, only the interventional treatment of vascular stenosis by means of stent implantation in the pulmonary artery and vein proved to be effective, both acutely and in the long term.

Besides echocardiography and B-type natriuretic peptide, CPET proved to be a sensitive non-invasive tool to detect functional impairment before stenting, as well as functional improvement after the intervention with normalization of parameters initially indicating pulmonary hypertension. Using these tools for surveillance, repeated angiographies may be avoided. However, suspicious findings and clinical deterioration should be clarified by imaging.

More than three decades ago, hybrid procedures with intraoperative stent insertion (23, 34–37) were performed in individual cases for the treatment of congenital PA and PV stenosis. Subsequently, interventional therapies in the form of balloon angioplasty and stenting were applied mainly for PV stenosis after ablation in atrial fibrillation (38, 39). In contrast, the clinical evidence on confirmed PA and PV stenosis in the context of fibrosing mediastinal processes is scarce, especially with regard to interventional therapy; there are primarily individual case reports, some with literature reviews (Tables 1, 2) (5, 19, 27, 29, 44). Fender et al. (5) describe in their overview several cases of successful percutaneous intervention but also refer to the limited experience with such procedures worldwide. In 2011 Albers et al. (7) reported a larger study of 58 patients with fibrosing mediastinitis, 46 of whom had PV and/or PA stenosis. In 53% of the cases, both vascular structures were involved. In addition, 12 patients had superior vena cava stenosis. Thirty patients were treated with multiple stenting of pulmonary veins and arteries. Reinterventions were required in five patients. In a retrospective analysis, Peikert et al. (3) observed a total of 80 cases of fibrosing mediastinitis between 1985 and 2006, 34 of which had vascular involvement. However, only 3 patients underwent angioplasty including stenting of the PA, while one patient received balloon dilatation of the PV. A more recent overview of 30 cases with PV dilatation and stent implantation was provided by Duan et al. (see also below) (42).

TABLE 2

Table 2. Case reports with and without interventions (*16 cases without information about intervention).

In the context of silicosis, however, reports of PA or PV stenosis as a result of extensive fibrosis and/or lymph node enlargement (19, 20, 28) are rare. In a recent report, Yazaki et al. described a patient with dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension as a result of occlusion of the upper right PA (28). Similar to our case, the endoscopic imaging was characteristic of anthracofibrosis, and this diagnosis was supported by right heart catheterization and pulmonary angiography. The therapy administered with tadalafil seems rather unusual in view of the findings (28). Zhang et al. (20) reported for the first time in 2018 the successful percutaneous treatment of a case of PA stenosis with concomitant pulmonary hypertension in the context of mediastinal anthracofibrosis originating from silicosis. Here, pulmonary hypertension was particularly noteworthy. The definitive diagnosis could only be made by pulmonary angiography showing evidence of bilateral stenosis, which was successfully treated by balloon dilatation and stenting. Dilatation or stenting of stenosis of the pulmonary veins in silicosis and simultaneous arterial interventions have not yet been described.

A search of the literature produced a total of 120 cases of mediastinal fibrosis that were treated by dilatation of the pulmonary vessels, including 3 cases with both PA and PV stenosis (Table 2). In 71 of those 120 cases there was dilatation of PV stenoses with or without supplementary stenting, and in 60 cases PA dilatations were performed with or without stenting. In addition to the present case with simultaneous intervention, there is another in which both PA and PV stenting took place; however, this was a case of fibrosing mediastinitis (44) (Table 2).

The further clinical course after pulmonary vascular interventions shows a significant functional improvement in the majority of cases but can also be characterized by residual stenosis or restenosis. A number of studies provided detailed data about reduction of the degrees of stenosis, symptom relief, reduction of pulmonary pressure, re-stenosis, and survival. In the report by Albers et al. (7), 32 patients (87%), including patients with compression of the vena cava, experienced improvement in symptoms. This was also reflected in a significant decrease in pulmonary arterial pressures. There was a large variation in the period of persistent symptomatic improvement (2 to 144 months). Fifteen percent of the 40 patients treated by intervention died during follow-up. Five-year survival in patients with bilateral vascular involvement was significantly more favorable for patients with intervention than in those without (89.5% vs. 52.5%). In contrast, there was no significant difference between the two groups in cases of unilateral disease. In a case series described by Ponamgi et al. (49), there were 3 deaths among 8 patients with multiple dilated and stented pulmonary veins. Of 25 dilated veins, restenosis occurred in 11 during follow-up. Zhou et al. (57) reported in 2019 on 5 patients with fibrosing mediastinitis and PV stenosis treated by balloon dilatation and stent implantation. A total of 11 compression stenoses were treated without complications except for a cardiac arrest triggered by vagal stimulation. In the long-term course, one patient experienced renewed higher-grade stenosis at the proximal stent end as a result of fibrotic compression, while another patient developed in-stent thrombosis due to a cessation of anticoagulation. A re-evaluation at 6 months showed a significant improvement in the degree of stenosis and trans-stenotic pressure gradients in all cases. Pulmonary hypertension associated with pulmonary venous stenosis was improved post-interventionally, with a decrease in mean PA pressure from 45.0 ± 9.0 mmHg to 38.7 ± 8.4 mmHg (p < 0.05). Welby et al. (55) observed a significant increase of 54%–79% (p = 0.005) in lumen width after stenting of PA stenosis, with a simultaneous decrease in the stenosis gradient by an average of 9.38 mmHg (p = 0.005). The openness rate after one year was 90%, and 89% of patients reported an improvement in dyspnea. Re-interventions were required in 2 out of 9 patients. In the recent case study by Duan et al. (42) of 30 patients with fibrosing mediastinitis in the period 2018–2020, a total of 63 PV stenoses were treated in 32 angioplasty sessions and 44 stents were implanted in 41 pulmonary veins after prior balloon angioplasty. This strategy showed a significant improvement in clinical and functional findings in the WHO functional class with a simultaneous decrease in pulmonary arterial pressure by 5.4 mmHg, as was also observed in the present case. However, a significant number of post-interventional complications such as hemoptysis (18.8%) and lung injuries (44%) were described.

5. Conclusions

In summary, in cases of progressive dyspnea and concomitant mediastinal fibrosis, differential diagnostic clarification of the cause of fibrosis is required. In rare cases, this may be silicosis. Furthermore, especially in the presence of pulmonary hypertension, concomitant pulmonary vascular stenosis in the context of fibrosis must be taken into account. As in the current case, venous and arterial stenosis can be successfully treated by intervention. In the long term, this is reflected in a reduction in the extent of stenosis and pulmonary arterial pressures. In individual cases, however, residual stenosis may be present, or restenosis may occur.

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Author contributions

MW: conception of the manuscript; acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; drafting of the manuscript and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. TH: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. PL: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. AB: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. MH: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. MK: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. TN: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. SG: acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the manuscript to be published; agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work. CW: conception of the manuscript; acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; drafting of the manuscript and revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.

Funding

Funded by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lungenklinik Hemer e.V.

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Elizabeth Martinson, of the KHFI Editorial Office for her editorial assistance.

Conflict of interest

MW has received speaker fees and/or consultant honoraria from Actelion/Janssens, Boehringer Ingelheim, Insmed, Novartis, Vitalaire, Löwenstein Medical. TH has no conflict of interest. PL has no conflict of interest. AB has received speaker fees from MSD. MH has received speaker fees from Daiichi-Sankyo and Pfizer. MK has no conflict of interest. TN has no conflict of interest. SG has received speaker fees from Actelion, Bayer, GSK, MSD and Pfizer. CW has received speaker fees and/or consultant honoraria from Actelion, AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG, Bayer AG, BTG, MSD, and Pfizer.

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