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A Case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Diagnosed by $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ Perfusion Lung Scan  

Oh, Hyung-Tae (Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Medical College)
Lee, Moo-Yong (Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Medical College)
Song, Il-Han (Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Medical College)
Park, Seok-Gun (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dankook University Medical College)
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The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine / v.36, no.3, 2002 , pp. 203-208 More about this Journal
Abstract
In patients with chronic liver disease, hepatopulmonary syndrome, the right to left shunt without previous pulmonary and cardiac disease, can develope and cause respiratory distress. Tools to prove shunt are contrast echocardiography, pulmonary angiography, and $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ perfusion lung scan. Among them, $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ scan is a simple and safe method detecting the right to left shunt. At the same time, quantitation of shunt amount is possible by this method. We report a case of hepatopulmonary syndrome confirmed by $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ scan and contrast echocardiography with review of literlatures.
Keywords
Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Perfusion lung scan; Shunt; $^{99m}Tc-MAA$;
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