Ishigaki Sho, Kuwae Misato, Ishii Makoto, Asakura Takanori, Ueda Soichiro, Betsuyaku Tomoko
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Clin Case Rep. 2019 Jan 2;7(2):385-386. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1994. eCollection 2019 Feb.
The images show the path of pancreatic pleural effusion from the pancreatic pseudocyst in a patient with alcoholic pancreatitis who presented with black pleural effusion, however, without symptoms. Pancreatic pseudocyst rupture rarely causes pleural effusion; however, it should be considered in patients with chronic pancreatitis with black pleural effusion.