BLOODY PLEURAL FLUID, AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
Authors: Henry A. Christian
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 May 1937BLOODY PLEURAL FLUID, AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVERHENRY A. CHRISTIAN, F.A.C.P.HENRY A. CHRISTIAN, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-11-1621 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA note on an unusual clinical picture is not inappropriate for a Festschrift to Joseph H. Pratt, who always has been an exponent of the art of being interested in the very unusual as well as the very common disease combinations of man. He is and always has been a keen clinician with an extraordinarily complete knowledge of medical bibliography.An accumulation of pleural fluid in combination with cirrhosis of the liver appears to be not very unusual. Rolleston and McNee1quote Vedel and Puech as estimating it to occur in one-seventh to one-sixth of all cases, more often on...References1. ROLLESTONMCNEE HJW: Diseases of the liver, gall-bladder and bile ducts, 3rd Ed., 1929, Macmillan and Co., London. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SALVATORE M: L'idrotorace destro nella cirrosi atrofica del fegato, Gior. di clin. Med., 1929, x, 1236. Google Scholar3. VEDELPUECH SNA: Considérations sur les épanchements pleuraux au cours de la cirrose de Laënnec, Bull. Soc. d. Sc. med. et biol. de Montpellier, 1927, viii, 120-130; Pract. med. franc., 1927, vi, 139-148. Google Scholar4. CLERICI A: Iversamenti pleurici nella cirrosi epatica, Gazz. d. Osp., 1927, xlviii, 385. Google Scholar5. CASSARINI D: L'idrotorace nella stasi portale da cirrosi epatica, Osp. Maggiore, 1926, xiv, 317. Google Scholar6. BARJONHENRY FL: Des épanchements hémorragiques au cours des cirrhoses, Lyon Med., 1898, lxxxviii, 258. Google Scholar7. JEAN G: De la pleurésie hemorrhagique au cours de la cirrhose alcoolique, Par., 1891, P. 82, No. 153. Google Scholar8. FERNET C: Sur un cas d'inflammation péritonéo-pleurale hémorragique d'origine alcoolique, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1900, xvii, 781. Google Scholar9. TAYLOR F: Cirrhosis of the liver in children; with some remarks on cirrhosis, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1895, lii, 45. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HENRY A. CHRISTIAN, F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication March 11, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHepatic HydrothoraxUse of Denver shunt in recurrent hepatic hydrothoraxTetracycline-Induced Pleural Symphysis for Recurrent Hydrothorax Complicating CirrhosisPathogenesis and Treatment of Hydrothorax Complicating Cirrhosis with AscitesFRED L. LIEBERMAN, M.D., RYUGO HIDEMURA, M.D., ROBERT L. PETERS, M.D., TELFER B. REYNOLDS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Hepatic Hydrothorax Studies to Determine the Source of the Fluid and Report of Thirteen CasesROBERT F. JOHNSTON, M.D., RODOLFO V. LOO, M.D.HYDROTHORAX COMPLICATING ASCITESPLEURAL EFFUSION PRODUCED BY ABDOMINO-PLEURAL COMMUNICATION IN A PATIENT WITH LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AND ASCITES*M. HENRY WILLIAMS JR., M.D.Spontaneous Hemothorax 1 May 1937Volume 10, Issue 11 Page: 1621-1623 Keywords Cirrhosis Liver ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...