Scintigraphic diagnosis of peritoneo-pleural communication in the absence of ascites.
Pleural effusion in the presence of cirrhosis and ascites is well recognized. Peritoneal fluid is thought to enter the pleural cavity either because of overloaded lymphatics or a structural defect between the peritoneal and chest cavities. Pleural effusion rarely occurs in the absence of demonstrable ascites. This report describes the scintigraphic diagnosis of peritoneo-pleural communication in a patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis and pleural effusion without ascites.
Daly
J J
JJ
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
Potts
J M
JM
Gordon
L
L
Buse
M G
MG
D001201:Ascites; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid