Pneumothorax Ex-vacuo or “trapped lung” in the setting of hepatic hydrothorax

BACKGROUND: Hepatic hydrothorax is a major pulmonary complication of liver disease occurring in up to 5-10% of patients with cirrhosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We report four observations of the development of pneumothorax ex-vacuo or trapped lung in the setting of hepatic hydrothorax. The diagnosis of t...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yan S, Susanto, Irawan, Lazar, Catherine A, Zarrinpar, Ali, Eshaghian, Patricia, Smith, M Iain, Busuttil, Ronald, Wang, Tisha S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23244504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-78

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23244504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-78

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