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Acute Tension Hydrothorax in a Cirrhotic Patient With Hepatic Hydrothorax Without Ascites

We describe a case of a 50-year-old man with alcohol cirrhosis status post transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) who presented with dyspnea, refractory hepatic hydrothorax (HH), and no ascites who subsequently developed acute tension hydrothorax (TH). Urgent ultrasound-guided thoracen...

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Autores principales: Malangu, Boniface, Shaikh, Amjad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8051170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868866
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13941