Fatal intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunting in cirrhosis--diagnosis by radionuclide lung perfusion scan.
Intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunting is an important cause of hypoxaemia in patients with chronic liver disease. We describe an unusual case of a patient with haemochromatosis who died as a result of severe hypoxaemia which was due to this disorder. The shunt was demonstrated by radionuclide lung perfusion scanning.
Jeffrey
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA.
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Van der Schaaf
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D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D005290:Ferric Compounds; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes; C046128:technetium Tc 99m ferric oxide; D013667:Technetium