ARE THE SPIDER ANGIOMAS SKIN MARKERS OF HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME?
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Are the spider angiomas skin markers of hepatopulmonary syndrome?
CONTEXT Hepatopathies can significantly influence both veins and arteries, these changes may cause some cutaneous stigmas, such as spider angioma (SA) and some systemic vascular changes, such as those observed in hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). Based on this common pathophysiological root we can assume that the SA can be skin markers of HPS. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to assess ...
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Alka Sharma1 and Vishal Sharma2,* Department of Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India and Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India *Correspondence address. Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Tel: þ91 9501013399; Fax: þ91 1722744401;...
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INTRODUCTION The hepatopulmonary syndrome has been acknowledged as an important vascular complication in lungs developing systemic hypoxemia in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Is formed by arterial oxygenation abnormalities induced from intrapulmonary vascular dilatations with liver disease. It is present in 4-32% of patients with cirrhosis. It increases mortality in the settin...
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ANAMNESIS We report about a 60-year-old woman with hepatopulmonary syndrome. The patient suffered from progressive dyspnea and liver cirrhosis following viral hepatitis C, acquired through blood transfusion 30 years ago. EXAMINATION RESULTS Remarkable were clinical signs of chronic liver disease (cutaneous spider naevi, palmar erythema) and signs of chronic respiratory failure (clubbing) with...
متن کاملHepatopulmonary syndrome.
The hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a pulmonary complication of cirrhosis and/or portal hypertension whereby patients develop hypoxemia as a result of alterations in pulmonary microvascular tone and architecture. HPS occurs in up to 30% of patients with cirrhosis. Although the degree of hypoxemia does not reliably correlate with the severity of liver disease, patients with HPS have a higher m...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0004-2803
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032013000200031