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Massive Hydrothorax Complicating Liver Cirrhosis As a Result of a Diaphragmatic Defect

Author(s) -

Ann Chen

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000195524

Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , diaphragmatic breathing , hydrothorax , diaphragmatic hernia , surgery , gastroenterology , ascites , pathology , hernia , alternative medicine

Dr. Ann Chen, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, 622 Ting-Chow Road, Taipei 10750 (Taiwan), Republic of China Dear Sir Increasing isolated studies have provided evidence that ascites may form the hydrothorax directly across the diaphragm through a diaphragmatic defect with or without a clinical level of ascites [1–8]. About 11 pathologically confirmed patients with such a hepatic hydrothorax have been reported in the English literature [1, 4–8]. We wish to report one additional case.

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