HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX
Authors: C S MORROW, M KANTOR, R N ARMEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 July 1958HEPATIC HYDROTHORAXC. S. MORROW, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.A.C.P., MILTON KANTOR, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT N. ARMEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.C. S. MORROW, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MILTON KANTOR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT N. ARMEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-1-193 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPleural effusion may present itself either as the herald or as the accompaniment of significant disease, with the frequency of its occurrence depending upon the nature and the site of the disease. Usually, the effusion is the result of cardiac failure or of inflammatory or neoplastic conditions involving the pleura, lung or mediastinum. 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