Massive right-sided hemorrhagic pleural effusion due to pancreatitis; a case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Namazi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mowla, Ashkan ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cause; Hemorrhagic pleural effusion; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; IRAN; MALE; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2642570132     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-4-1     Document Type: Article

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