Tension Hydrothorax from Disseminated Endometriosis

Tension Hydrothorax from Disseminated Endometriosis

INTRODUCTION We present the case of a 34-year-old woman presenting to the emergency department (ED) with dyspnea, cough, and fever. She was found to have a tension hydrothorax and was treated with ultrasound-guided thoracentesis in the ED. Subsequent inpatient evaluation showed the patient had disseminated endometriosis. Tension hydrothorax has not been previously described in the literature as...

A rare cause of pulsus paradoxus: acute tension hydrothorax.

To cite: Chattranukulchai P, Satitthummanid S, Puwanant S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009861 DESCRIPTION A 63-year-old man with advanced lung cancer, suffered from increasing dyspnoea for 1 week. Physical findings included tachypnoea, decreased breath sound in the entire left chest. Chest film revealed complete ‘white out’ of left h...

Hepatic Hydrothorax

Hepatic hydrothorax is an important and difficult-tomanage complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Here, we aimed to study its clinical features and natural history. Complete clinical data, including outcomes, were abstracted from hospital records of patients with cirrhosis and ascites admitted to University of Texas Southwestern University teaching hospitals from January 2001 to Jul...

Tension hydrothorax induced by central venous catheter migration in a patient with burns.

Bi-directional hepatic hydrothorax

A 59-year-old male with alcoholic cirrhosis presented to our hospital with an acutely painful umbilical hernia, and 4 mo of exertional dyspnea. He was noted to be tachypneic and hypoxic. He had a massive right sided pleural effusion with leftward mediastinal shift and gross ascites, with a tense, fluid-filled, umbilical hernia. Emergent paracentesis with drain placement and a large volume thora...