PLEURAL EFFUSION PRODUCED BY ABDOMINO-PLEURAL COMMUNICATION IN A PATIENT WITH LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AND ASCITES
- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 33 (1), 216-221
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-1-216
Abstract
A patient with Laennec''s cirrhosis of the liver and longstanding ascites suddenly developed a large pleural effusion. Evidence of a peritoneo-pleural fistula was obtained by demonstration of the rapid passage of dye from the ascites into the pleural effusion and by the induction of a hydropneumothorax by the intraabdominal installation of O2. The incidence and pathogenesis of pleural effusion in cirrhosis of the liver is briefly discussed.Keywords
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