Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in the right lateral decubitus position: a case report

BACKGROUND: Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare syndrome characterized by dyspnea and hypoxia when the patient is sitting or standing. Here we report a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome caused by a right hemidiaphragmatic elevation with giant liver cyst that triggered a right-to-left shunt...

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Autores principales: Tsuzuki, Ippei, Iigaya, Kamon, Matsubara, Takashi, Takagi, Shunsuke, Inohara, Taku, Ohgino, Yasuyuki, Imafuku, Toshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28403907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1267-6

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