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- Title
Ascites after pleuroperitoneal shunting.
- Authors
Roukema, J. A.; Lobach, H. J. C.; van der Werken, Chr.; Lobach, H J; van der Werken, C
- Abstract
If conventional therapy fails in patients with intractable malignant pleural effusion, the pleuroperitoneal shunt is a valuable alternative. In a 59-year-old man with disabling malignant pleural effusion, massive ascites developed shortly after insertion of a pleuroperitoneal shunt. This shunt was replaced by a pleurovenous shunt. The ascites disappeared, and pleural effusion did not recur. The patient died 6 months later.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1990, Vol 66, Issue 4, p675
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19900815)66:4<675::AID-CNCR2820660413>3.0.CO;2-3