Enlarging pleural effusion after liver transplantation.
Ten of 42 patients who underwent liver transplantation were retrospectively found to have enlarging pleural effusions later than 3 days after transplantation. Seven of the 10 patients had subdiaphragmatic pathology, including 4 with hematomas, 1 with a biloma, and 2 with abscesses. One patient with a subphrenic abscess also had an empyema. Patients with a enlarging pleural effusion later than 3 days after transplantation should be evaluated for subdiaphragmatic pathology.
Spizarny
D L
DL
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202.
Gross
B H
BH
McLoud
T
T
D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies