Key result
A variety of chest manifestations are seen in patients with chronic liver disease, requiring awareness of specific imaging findings for proper management.
Highlights the importance of recognizing various thoracic manifestations and their specific imaging findings in patients with chronic liver disease.
Alerts clinicians to pulmonary complications in chronic liver disease; extends descriptive literature but leaves prospective validation open.
A variety of chest manifestations are seen in patients with chronic liver diseases, namely hepatopulmonary syndrome, portopulmonary hypertension, intrathoracic portosystemic collaterals, hepatic hydrothorax, infections, drug-induced changes, manifestations of hepatocellular carcinoma, gynecomastia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, autoimmune changes, aspiration pneumonitis and changes due to α1-antitrypsin deficiency. Gastroenterologists and radiologists should be aware of these entities; knowledge of the imaging findings specific to each condition is of prime importance for managing such patients.
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Sureka et al. (2015) conducted a review in Chronic liver disease. A variety of chest manifestations are seen in patients with chronic liver disease, requiring awareness of specific imaging findings for proper management.
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