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Ascites after pleuroperitoneal shunting
Author(s) -
Roukema J. A.,
Lobach H. J. C.,
van der Werken Chr.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900815)66:4<675::aid-cncr2820660413>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - medicine , ascites , pleural effusion , shunting , shunt (medical) , effusion , surgery , malignant pleural effusion
If conventional therapy fails in patients with intractable malignant pleural effusion, the pleuroperitoneal shunt is a valuable alternative. In a 59‐year‐old man with disabling malignant pleural effusion, massive ascites developed shortly after insertion of a pleuroperitoneal shunt. This shunt was replaced by a pleurovenous shunt. The ascites disappeared, and pleural effusion did not recur. The patient died 6 months later.