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Correspondence to Ashkan Mowla. Both authors actively participated in the conception, data collection and interpretation and writing of this article. Reprints and Permissions. Namazi, M. Massive right-sided hemorrhagic pleural effusion due to pancreatitis; a case report. BMC Pulm Med 4, 1 Download citation. Received : 09 October Accepted : 17 February Published : 17 February Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:.
Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. Skip to main content. Search all BMC articles Search. Download PDF. Abstract Background Hemorrhagic pleural effusion, especially in the right hemithorax rarely occurs as the sole presentation of pancreatitis.
Case Presentation This article reports massive right-sided hemorrhagic pleural effusion as the sole manifestation of pancreatitis in a year-old Iranian boy.
Conclusion Pancreatitis should be taken into consideration when hemorrhagic pleural effusion, especially in the right hemithorax occurs. Background Hemorrhagic pleural effusion, especially in the right hemithorax, rarely occurs as the sole manifestation of pancreatitis [ 1 — 6 ]. Case presentation This year-old boy, from a village in Fars Province, Southern Iran, developed left paraumblical sometimes epigastric abdominal pain with moderate intensity about five months prior to admission.
Figure 1. Abdominal CT scan showing pancreatic pseudocyst. Full size image. Discussion Intrathoracic neoplasms, trauma, bleeding diathesis or tuberculosis may cause hemorrhagic pleural effusion as well [ 1 ]. An unusual presentation of pancreatic pleural effusion. Sch J Med Case Rep ; Pleural effusions: A new negative prognostic parameter for acute pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol ; Bedi RS. Massive pleural effusion due to asymptomatic pancreatic disease. Lung India ; Aswani Y, Hira P.
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