Otsuka N, Kawai S, Fukunaga M, Ono S, Morita K, Nagai K, Tomomitsu T, Yanagimoto S, Mimura H, Ohsawa G
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
Radiat Med. 1992 Nov-Dec;10(6):253-5.
A 29-year-old man who had been on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was admitted to our hospital because of pleural effusion. Radioactive colloid studies with intraperitoneal administration revealed a pleuroperitoneal communication. After pleurodesis by the administration of fibrin glue and antiplasmin into the thoracic cavity, the pleural effusion did not reaccumulate and there was no evidence of pleuroperitoneal communication by radioactive colloid study.