To the Editor: We describe two liver transplant patients who presented with unexplained dyspnoea and were subsequently found to have unilateral right diaphragmatic palsy, an uncommon complication of orthotopic liver transplantation.1-3
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- 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Adelaide, SA.
- 2 SA Liver Transplant Unit, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: hssubhashcmc@hotmail.com
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