Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a rare complication of liver disease and portal hypertension. It has not been previously described in medical literature Nigeria. We report this case 64-year-old man who presented with 3 months’ history recurrent breathlessness, platypnoea leg swelling. He had diagnosed cirrhosis variceal band ligation 2018, managed for 2 episodes hepatic encephalopathy prior to refe...

Pulmonary concerns in liver transplant candidates have intraoperative and outcome implications. Evolving MELD exception policies address transplant priority for problems such as hepatopulmonary syndrome, portopulmonary hypertension, and hemorrhagic hereditary telangiectasia. Other pulmonary issues such as refractory hepatic hydrothorax, advanced chronic obstructive lung disease (including alpha...

Portal hypertension is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in liver cirrhosis. Complications of portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients include esophageal and gastric varices, portal hypertensive gastropathy, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension. The hepatic venous pressure gradient should be at least 10 mmHg for esophageal varices t...