Acute tension hydrothorax in chronic liver disease secondary to spontaneous diaphragmatic rupture

Pleural effusion in liver cirrhotics is more commonly transudative. A transudative pleural effusion secondary to ascites in decompensated cirrhosis is also known as hepatic hydrothorax and is usually due to fluid seepage through congenital pores in the diaphragm. The patient, a known case of decompe...

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Pubblicato in:BMJ Case Rep
Autori principali: Tharappel, Kevin Joseph, Bolanthakodi, Nandakrishna, Vidyasagar, Sudha, Varma, Muralidhar
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6827727/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31678925
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-231604
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