The Hepato-Pulmonary-Cutaneous Syndrome: Description of a Case and Suggestion of a Unifying Hypothesis

The Hepato-Pulmonary-Cutaneous Syndrome: Description of a Case and Suggestion of a Unifying Hypothesis

We report a 54-year-old patient with the association of hepatic dysfunction with cyanosis, severe hypoxemia, platypnea-orthodeoxia, diffuse cutaneous spider nevi, telangiectasia, palmar erythema, digital clubbing and findings of marked intrapulmonary vascular dilation and arterovenous shunt. The dia...

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Main Authors: Enrico Capodicasa, Federica De Bellis, Christopher Muscat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2010-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Hypoxemia
Intrapulmonary vascular dilation
Arterovenous shunt
Platypnea-orthodeoxia
Cutaneous spider nevi
Telangiectasia
Digital clubbing
Palmar erythema
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