Emergency department presentation of an unusual pleural effusion.

Publication/Presentation Date

3-1-1998

Abstract

Pleural effusion as a manifestation of malignancy is commonly encountered in clinical practice; most are transudates or exudates of endogenous body fluids. We report a case of pleural effusion that is directly related to the inadvertent infusion of chemotherapeutic agents into the hemithorax of a patient with ovarian carcinoma. With the increasingly common use of outpatient intravenous therapy, emergency department presentations of unusual pleural effusions should be considered.

Volume

16

Issue

2

First Page

163

Last Page

165

ISSN

0735-6757

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

9517694

Department(s)

Department of Emergency Medicine

Document Type

Article

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