Chronic pancreatitis with unilateral pleural effusion: an atypical presentation

• Main Authors: Illani Riza, Yap, Yoon Chin, Lo, Zhen Zhen
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Galenos Publishing House 2024
• Subjects: RC581-951 Specialties of internal medicine; RC799-869 Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42157/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42157/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42157/; https://doi.org/10.12996/gmj.2023.3821

Pancreatic pleural fistula is a rare complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. The most prevalent reasons for chest discomfort in this patient were pleural effusion, mediastinal or pleural pseudocyst. A 42-year-old man presented with left pleuritic chest pain and cough. A plain chest X-ray reve...