Winifred Adiri

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Nigerian Man with Decompensated Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis

Chinwe Philomena Onyia, Olive Obienu, Promise Asogwa, Winifred Adiri, Ugochukwu Nwoko, Uchenna Nkemdilim Ijoma & Sylvester Chuks Nwokediuko · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2022

Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a rare complication of liver disease and portal hypertension. It has not been previously described in medical literature in Nigeria. We report this case of a 64-year-old man who presented with a 3 months’ history of recurrent breathlessness, platypnoea...