Author/Authors :
Scott-Herridge, Joel Department of Internal Medicine - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada , Bhagirath, Kapil Department of Internal Medicine - University of British Columbia, Surrey, Canada , Janda, Surinder Department of Internal Medicine - University of British Columbia, Surrey, Canada , Jassal, Davinder S. Department of Radiology - St. Boniface General Hospital - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Abstract :
In the vast majority of cases, ongoing hypoxemia in a cirrhotic patient is usually hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) until proven
otherwise; in this case, HPS was suspected prior to any known diagnosis of cirrhosis. This is the first reported case in the literature
whereby HPS and cirrhosis were diagnosed after the fact, rather than with the preexisting knowledge of liver cirrhosis.
Keywords :
TEE , Diagnosing Hepatopulmonary , Cryptogenic Cirrhosis , Syndrome
