TY  - JOUR
TT  - Thick section reformatted computed tomography images are useful for the diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome: A case report
AU  - Çilengir, Atilla Hikmet
AU  - Karasu, Şebnem
AU  - Çetinoğlu, Yusuf Kenan
AU  - Uluç, Muhsin Engin
AU  - Tosun, Özgür
PY  - 2017
DA  - October
DO  - 10.5472/marumj.370862
JF  - Marmara Medical Journal
JO  - Marmara Med J
PB  - Marmara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1019-1941
SP  - 185
EP  - 187
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
KW  - Bilgisayarlı tomografi
KW  - Hepatopulmoner sendrom
KW  - Karaciğer sirozu
N2  - Respiratory complications, which range from mild hypoxemiato hepatopulmonary syndrome, can occur due to some mediatorswithin the circulation in end-stage liver disease. Intrapulmonaryvascular dilatations and shunts are the reasons of thesecomplications. Thoracic imaging modalities such as radiographyand computed tomography (CT) can be performed to evaluatethese vascular pathologies. We reported a 37-year-old womanwith previously known liver cirrhosis, presented with new onsetexertional dyspnea. There were intrapulmonary shunts and dilatedvascular structures on her thorax CT. She was diagnosed withhepatopulmonary syndrome by clinical symptoms, laboratory andimaging findings. Thick section reformatted images of CT aresuperior in demonstration of intrapulmonary shunts and dilatedvascular structures compared with thin section axial sourceimages; so we recommend that thorax CT of cirrhotic patientsmust be evaluated with thick section reformatted images for thedetermination of intrapulmonary shunts and dilated vascularstructures.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.5472/marumj.370862
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/408838
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