Doraiswamy Vikram, Riar Sandeep, Shrestha Pranabh, Pi Justin, Alsumrain Mohammad, Bennet-Venner Arianne, Kam Jennifer, Klukowicz Alan, Miller Richard
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University-School of Health and Medical Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2011 Mar 7;11:587-91. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2011.68.
Hepatic hydrothorax usually presents in association with ascites, but there are rare cases when it does not. This case helps to support the differential of hepatic hydrothorax in patients who have a history of liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and recurrent pleural effusions without ascites. We hope to support the conclusion that a patient with recurrent pleural effusions, without ascites, does not exclude gastrointestinal involvement in its etiology.
肝性胸水通常与腹水同时出现,但也有少数情况并非如此。该病例有助于支持对有肝硬化、门静脉高压病史且反复出现无腹水胸腔积液患者的肝性胸水鉴别诊断。我们希望支持这样的结论,即反复出现胸腔积液且无腹水的患者,其病因不排除胃肠道受累。