Open AccessInduced negative pressure proposed as a new method for diagnosing hepatic hydrothorax involving minor leaks
Author(s) -
Shimbo Asami,
Matsuda Satoshi,
Tejima Kazuaki,
Yamahira Koh,
Naka Kenichi,
Arai Masahiro,
Fujita Shuhei
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.115
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrothorax , radiology , pleural effusion , scintigraphy , surgery , ascites
Key Clinical Message Hepatic hydrothorax is known as pleural effusion of hepatic origin, and is difficult to diagnose. We herein report the novel strategy combining radioisotope scintigraphy with chest drainage to definitively diagnose hepatic hydrothorax of an 85‐year‐old patient which would have been missed with conventional diagnostic methods.