Hepatopulmonary syndrome in Gaucher disease with right-to-left shunt: evaluation and measurement using Tc-99m MAA

Clin Nucl Med. 1999 Mar;24(3):164-6. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199903000-00005.

Abstract

Hepatomegaly is a common manifestation in Gaucher disease. In some patients with the disease, hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension are observed. A patient with Gaucher disease with the hepatopulmonary syndrome associated with severe cyanosis and hypoxemia was examined for intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt using Tc-99m MAA. Quantitative evaluation revealed an approximately 50% right to left shunt as indicated by Tc-99m MAA activity in the lungs and systemic organs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Gaucher Disease / complications*
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin