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A Rare Presentation of Right‐Sided Pleural Effusion in Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Secondary to Hepatitis C Infection: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is an infrequent and clinically important complication of decompensated liver cirrhosis. It occurs in around 5%–10% of affected people.
Nadia Siddiq, Noor Fatima Rauf, Muhammad Hassaan Javaid, Zoreiz Zahid Cheema, Ramish Ali, Raghabendra Kumar Mahato   +5 more
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Successful treatment of hepatic hydrothorax: A case report

Journal of Acute Disease, 2020
Rationale: Acute complications of cirrhosis can be life- threatening. One of the less common acute complications is hepatic hydrothorax whose medical management is rarely successful and is still controversial.
Mariam Jmal, Maroi Dammak, Olfa Chakroun-Walha, Noureddine Rekik   +3 more
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Hepatic hydrothorax resistant to diuretics treated with octreotide

Annals of Hepatology, 2022
Introduction and Objective: Hepatic hydrothorax is the excessive accumulation of transudate in the pleural cavity, secondary to portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients without existing cardiopulmonary disease.
S Teutli-Carrión, C Sánchez-Sánchez, E Medina-Ávalos, M Carmona-Castillo, C Dorantes-Nava, F Higuera-de la Tijera, JL Pérez-Hernández   +6 more
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Hepatic Hydrothorax without Apparent Ascites and Dyspnea - A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
A 78-year-old female with a past medical history of alcoholic cirrhosis was hospitalised with recurrent lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to rectal ulcers. The ulcers were successfully treated with cautery and placement of clips.
Jing He, Rasha Haykal, Hongchuan Coville, Jaya Prakash Gadikota, Christopher Bray   +4 more
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Pigtail Catheter: A Less Invasive Option for Pleural Drainage in Egyptian Patients with Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016
Background and Aims. Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax is a clinical challenge. Chest tube insertion for hepatic hydrothorax is associated with high complication rates.
Mohamed Sharaf-Eldin, Adel Salah Bediwy, Abdelrahman Kobtan, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Ferial El-Kalla, Loai Mansour, Walaa Elkhalawany, Mohamed Elhendawy, Samah Soliman   +8 more
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Chemical pleurodesis by small bore catheter in hepatic hydrothorax: A feasibility study

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016
Background: Hepatic hydrothorax treatment remains problematic, and chemical pleurodesis can be considered. Objectives: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of chemical pleurodesis by small bore catheter to tube drainage in hepatic ...
Asem A. Hewidy, Nasef Abdelsalam A. Rezk, Ahmed Abdel-Razik   +2 more
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Extremity risk factors of sepsis for gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients with liver cirrhosis

BMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Background Liver cirrhosis is a well-known risk factor of sepsis after emergent gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. Elective GI endoscopy before living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), however, may also carry the septic risk among these patients. Methods
Yi-Chia Chan, Chao-Long Chen, Chih-Chi Wang, Chih-Che Lin, Chee-Chien Yong, King-Wah Chiu, Keng-Liang Wu   +6 more
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Transudative chylothorax from cirrhosis complicated by lung entrapment

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
A patient with long-standing cirrhosis due to hepatitis C and hepatic hydrothorax was evaluated for increasing symptoms and presence of a large right pleural effusion.
Samuel C. Owen, Danielle R. Bersabe, Andrew J. Skabelund, Edward T. McCann, Michael J. Morris   +4 more
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Lung Abnormalities in Liver Cirrhosis

Clinical and Research Journal in Internal Medicine, 2023
Regardless of preexisting lung illness, patients suffering from liver cirrhosis, especially decompensated liver cirrhosis can develop distinct pulmonary complications.
Muli Yaman, Syifa Mustika
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Efficacy of central venous catheter in pleurodesis in refractory hepatic hydrothorax

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2019
Background Hepatic hydrothorax is an important complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Recurrent hepatic hydrothorax may be difficult to manage. In cases where medical therapies, usually diuretics, have failed to adequately control symptomatic
Adel H.A Ghoneim, Mohamed Sobh El Gammal, Mohamed M.N AboZaid, Ahmad Abd El Rahman   +3 more
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