Short report
Hypoxaemia 
think of the liver! Every internist should be
aware of the hepatopulmonary syndrome
Mahesh S Mokhashi
Department of
Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
Correspondence to: Mahesh S Mokhashi MD, MRCP(UK), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Suite # 916, Clinical Sciences Building, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425-2223, USA
Accepted 16 November
1998
Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by arterial
hypoxaemia, liver disease, and intrapulmonary vascular dilatation. A case is reported in which severe hypoxaemia, detected by chance, led to
the diagnosis of liver disease and hepatopulmonary syndrome.
Keywords: hypoxaemia; hepatopulmonary syndrome
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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