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Vol. 34. Issue 4.
Pages 261-263 (July - August 2015)
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Vol. 34. Issue 4.
Pages 261-263 (July - August 2015)
Clinical note
Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: Importance of patient position for correct diagnosis at the time of 99mTc-MAA injection
Síndrome platipnea-ortodeoxia: importancia de la posición del paciente en el momento de la inyección de 99mTc-MAA para un correcto diagnóstico
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M.P. Fierro Alanisa,
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, I. Bastón Reyb, S. Nieves-Maldonadoa, J.A. Torre Carballadac, J.E. Domínguez-Muñozb, Á. Ruibal Morella
a Departamento Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
b Departamento Gastroenterología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
c Departamento de Medicina Interna, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago, Spain
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Table 1. Causes of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome.
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A 65-year-old male presented with unexplained hypoxia that became exacerbated by an upright posture (platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome) secondary to hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). A 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin pulmonary perfusion scan revealed a right to left shunt of 29% in the sitting position, which had not been previously detected when the radiotracer injection was performed with the patient in supine position, nor was it diagnosed using another non-invasive imaging method (transthoracic contrast echocardiography and angio-CT). A transesophageal echocardiography was contraindicated due to the presence of esophageal varices. The administration of the radiopharmaceutical in sitting position for the study of the pulmonary perfusion allowed us to confirm the presence of the shunt and consider the patient a candidate for liver transplantation.

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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
Lung perfusion scan
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
Sitting position
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Varón de 65 años de edad que presentó hipoxia sin explicación que se exacerbaba en sedestación (síndrome platipnea-ortodeoxia) secundaria a un síndrome hepatopulmonar (SHP). Una gammagrafía de perfusión pulmonar con macroagregados de albúmina 99mTc- reveló un cortocircuito derecha a izquierda, de 29% en la posición sentada que no se había detectado previamente cuando la inyección del radiotrazador se realizó con el paciente en posición supina, ni fue diagnosticado por otros métodos de imagen no invasivo (ecocardiografía transtorácica de contraste y la angio-TC). Una ecocardiografía transesofágica estaba contraindicada debido a la presencia de varices esofágicas. La administración del radiofármaco en sedestación nos permitió confirmar la presencia del cortocircuito y considerar al paciente candidato para trasplante hepático.

Palabras clave:
Síndrome platipnea-ortodeoxia
Gammagrafía pulmonar de perfusión
Síndrome hepatopulmonar
Sedestación

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