title: Ascites after pleuroperitoneal shunting.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Roukema
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lobach
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van der Werken
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation