Hepatic Hydrothorax Caused by Familial Inherited Cavernous Transformation of the Portal Veins: A Case Report

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<h4>Background: </h4> Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is typically associated with cirrhotic portal hypertension (PH). However, its occurrence in non-cirrhotic PH due to cavernous transformation of the portal vein (CTPV) is exceedingly rare, especially in a familial context. Case presentation: We report a 43-year-old woman presenting with recurrent right-sided pleural effusion and clinical signs of portal hypertension bu...

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• Genetic Testing
• Hypertension, Pulmonary
• Lung Neoplasms
• Lung Transplantation
• Mutation
• Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
• Risk Factors
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Literature Corpus work

ad4a2140-9acb-5a37-9fe8-8aece5bb7971

DOI

10.22541/au.176154876.68163029/v1