title: Peritoneal-pleural communications in hepatic hydrothorax demonstrated by thoracoscopy.
abstract: To understand the mechanism of hepatic hydrothorax clearly, thoracoscopy was performed with a flexible bronchoscope. It revealed an intrathoracic influx of ascitic fluid via a bleb and two defects located in the tendinous portion of the right hemidiaphragm and confirmed the existence of transdiaphragmatic peritoneal-pleural communications.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohmi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010537:Peritoneum; D013906:Thoracoscopy