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Peritoneal-pleural communications in hepatic hydrothorax demonstrated by thoracoscopy
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
Chest
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
To understand the mechanism of hepatic hydrothorax clearly, thoracoscopy was performed with a flexible bronchoscope. It revealed an intrathoracic influx of ascitic fluid via a bleb and two defects located in the tendinous portion of the right hemidiaphragm and confirmed the existence of transdiaphragmatic peritoneal-pleural communications.