The paradox of platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome
Details
Publication Year 2024-04,Volume 54,Issue #4,Page 675-677
Journal Title
Internal Medicine Journal
Publication Type
Case report
Abstract
Platypnoea-orthodeoxia is a rare clinical syndrome characterised by dyspnoea and oxygen desaturation in the upright position which improves when supine. It requires two components: a sufficiently sized anatomical vascular defect (typically intra-cardiac or intra-pulmonary) combined with a functional component that promotes positional right-to-left shunting. We describe the rare occurrence of a patient with platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) because of a paradoxical shunt through a patent foramen ovale caused by a large right atrial line-associated thrombus in a male with metastatic oesophageal cancer undergoing chemotherapy. This case is a timely reminder to consider POS amongst differentials for hypoxia as it is often treatable if recognised.
Publisher
Wiley
Keywords
Humans; Male; *Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndrome; *Foramen Ovale, Patent/diagnosis/diagnostic imaging; Dyspnea/etiology/complications; Hypoxia/diagnosis/etiology; cardiac thrombus; line‐associated thrombus; platypnoea–orthodeoxia; shunt
Department(s)
Medical Oncology
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