Right-sided massive hemorrhagic pleural effusion with pancreaticopleural fistula secondary to pancreatitis: A rare cause of pediatric respiratory distress
Hemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) due to acute-on chronic pancreatitis is a very rare cause of pediatric respiratory distress. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to PPF will be usually left sided and accounts for 1% of all cases; very rarely, it could be...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Hemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) due to acute-on chronic pancreatitis is a very rare cause of pediatric respiratory distress. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to PPF will be usually left sided and accounts for 1% of all cases; very rarely, it could be right sided resulting in difficulty in establishing the diagnosis if chest symptoms are disproportionately more than the abdominal symptoms. We report a 9-year-old male child who presented to us with severe respiratory distress, with insignificant history later found to have right-sided massive hemorrhagic pleural effusion with PPF secondary to acute-on chronic pancreatitis. |
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| Item Description: | 2349-6592 2455-7099 10.4103/JPCC.JPCC_42_20 |