Hepatic hydrothorax after blunt chest trauma
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Hepatic hydrothorax after blunt chest trauma.
We report a successful treatment result in a rare case of hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis, who had sustained hydrothorax after blunt thoracoabdominal trauma. This was a female patient with liver cirrhosis, Child-Turcotte-Pugh class A, without ascites before injury. She sustained blunt thoracoabdominal trauma with a left clavicle fracture dislocation and right rib fractures. There was no hem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1726-4901
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.06.010