Severe hypoxemia in a case of midgut carcinoid tumor.
A 33-year-old woman treated for carcinoid tumor developed severe hypoxaemia. This hypoxaemia may have been related to an extracardiac right-to-left shunt. The pathogenic role of vasoactive agents is discussed and comparisons made with cirrhosis-associated hypoxaemia.
Robert
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Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers, France.
Matuchansky
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Picker
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Guitton
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Patte
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D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000150:complications