Massive pancreatico-pleural effusion - An often unrecognised entity

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 883-885

  Gupta, Deepa ^a   Chakraborty, K L ^c   Gomber, Sunil ^a   Krishna, Anurag ^b   Mehrotra, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pancreas; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME TOTAL; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035464484     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02762119     Document Type: Article

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