A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver

Many patients with metastatic breast cancer develop liver metastases. A rare complication of this is hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), which is associated with exertional dyspnea and intrapulmonary shunting. We present a patient who presented with HPS as a consequence of liver metastases and subsequen...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Coggan, James, Morin, Adam, Rao, Ruta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35702558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524193
_version_ 1784717224867528704
author Coggan, James
Morin, Adam
Rao, Ruta
author_facet Coggan, James
Morin, Adam
Rao, Ruta
author_sort Coggan, James
collection PubMed
description Many patients with metastatic breast cancer develop liver metastases. A rare complication of this is hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), which is associated with exertional dyspnea and intrapulmonary shunting. We present a patient who presented with HPS as a consequence of liver metastases and subsequently treated with chemotherapy leading to resolution of her symptoms.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9149543
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher S. Karger AG
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-91495432022-06-13 A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver Coggan, James Morin, Adam Rao, Ruta Case Rep Oncol Case Report Many patients with metastatic breast cancer develop liver metastases. A rare complication of this is hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), which is associated with exertional dyspnea and intrapulmonary shunting. We present a patient who presented with HPS as a consequence of liver metastases and subsequently treated with chemotherapy leading to resolution of her symptoms. S. Karger AG 2022-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9149543/ /pubmed/35702558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524193 Text en Copyright © 2022 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
spellingShingle Case Report
Coggan, James
Morin, Adam
Rao, Ruta
A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver
title A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver
title_full A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver
title_fullStr A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver
title_short A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome as a Complication of Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Liver
title_sort case of hepatopulmonary syndrome as a complication of metastatic breast cancer to the liver
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35702558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524193
work_keys_str_mv AT cogganjames acaseofhepatopulmonarysyndromeasacomplicationofmetastaticbreastcancertotheliver
AT morinadam acaseofhepatopulmonarysyndromeasacomplicationofmetastaticbreastcancertotheliver
AT raoruta acaseofhepatopulmonarysyndromeasacomplicationofmetastaticbreastcancertotheliver
AT cogganjames caseofhepatopulmonarysyndromeasacomplicationofmetastaticbreastcancertotheliver
AT morinadam caseofhepatopulmonarysyndromeasacomplicationofmetastaticbreastcancertotheliver
AT raoruta caseofhepatopulmonarysyndromeasacomplicationofmetastaticbreastcancertotheliver

Ejemplares similares