Hepatopulmonary syndrome caused by sarcoidosis of the liver treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Thorax. 2013 Sep;68(9):889-90. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201193. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

Authors

Markus W Nistal¹, Andrea Pace, Hans Klose, Daniel Benten, Ansgar W Lohse

Affiliation

¹ Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. markus.nistal@web.de

PMID: 22382598
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201193

No abstract available

Keywords: Sarcoidosis; hepatopulmonary syndrome; pneumonia; respiratory infection; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dyspnea / etiology
Female
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / etiology*
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / physiopathology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / surgery*
Humans
Hypoxia / etiology
Middle Aged
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic*
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / complications*
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / physiopathology