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...

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Published inCase reports in oncology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 399 - 402
Main Authors Coggan, James, Morin, Adam, Rao, Ruta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 21.04.2022
Karger Publishers
Subjects
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Data collection
Dyspnea
hepatopulmonary syndrome
Laboratories
Liver
liver metastasis
Metastasis
metastatic breast cancer
Patients
Pulmonary embolisms
Radiation therapy
Metastatic breast cancer
Liver metastasis
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000524193