An unusual case of hemoptysis secondary to Abernethy malformation type II and hepatopulmonary syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension

Authors : Shaik Umar Pasha, Shaik Abdul Waseem, Nagarjuna Reddy Sunkara, Seenu Ayyakannu, Ramakrishna Rachakonda

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijirm.2021.051

Volume : 6

Issue : 4

Year : 2021

Page No : 237-240

A twenty years old male college student came with history of hemoptysis. His chest X-ray showed diffuse infiltrative shadows and he was diagnosed as a case of a case of pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis. On detailed investigations he was found to have Abernethy malformation Type-II with primitive portal vein joining extrahepatic inferior vanacava leading to cirrhosis of liver, porto-pulmonary syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension and hemoptysis.
 

Keywords: Abernethy Malformation, Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Extrahepatic shunt, Pulmonary arterial hypertension

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