Detection of diaphragmatic defect as the cause of severe hepatic hydrothorax with magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2288-2289

  Zenda, Takahiro ^a,b   Miyamoto, Susumu ^a   Murata, Syuichi ^a   Mabuchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Himi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032451624     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00639.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Alberts W.M., Salem A.J., Solomon D.A., et al. Hepatic hydrothorax. Cause and management. Arch Intern Med. 151:1991;2383-2388.
2. Rubinstein D., McInnes I.E., Dudley F.J. Hepatic hydrothorax in the absence of clinical ascites Diagnosis and management . Gastroenterology. 88:1985;188-191.
3. Lieberman F.L., Hidemura R., Peters R.L., et al. Pathogenesis and treatment of hydrothorax complicating cirrhosis with ascites. Ann Intern Med. 64:1966;341-351.
4. Lieberman F.L., Peters R.L. Cirrhotic hydrothorax. Further evidence that an acquired diaphragmatic defect is at fault. Arch Intern Med. 125:1970;114-117.
5. Sawabe J., Ishida H., Niizawa M., et al. Sonographic demonstration of diaphragmatic fistula in a patient with hepatic hydrothorax. Akita J Med. 19:1992;615-619. (in Japanese with English abstract).
6. Raju E.P.V., Rao P.N., Venkateswarlu J., et al. Ultrasound documentation of diaphragmatic rent in hepatic hydrothorax. Indian J Gastroenterol. 8:1989;111-112.
7. Baylor P.A., Bobba V.V.R., Ginn P.D., et al. Recurrent spontaneous infected pleural effusion in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis, hepatic hydrothorax, and ascites. West J Med. 149:1988;216-217.
8. Kirsch C.M., Chui D.W., Yenokida G.G., et al. Case report Hepatic hydrothorax without ascites . Am J Med Sci. 302:1991;103-106.
9. Runyon B.A., Greenblatt M., Ming R.H.C. Hepatic hydrothorax is a relative contraindication to chest tube insertion. Am J Gastroenterol. 81:1986;566-567.
10. Giacobbe A., Facciorusso D., Tonti P., et al. Hydrothorax complicating cirrhosis in the absence of ascites. J Clin Gastroenterol. 16:1993;271-272.