Metastatic renal cell carcinoma-associated pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-2004
Abstract
Pleural effusions after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) occur in up to 89% of patients undergoing the procedure. Effusions present days to months after surgery, and fluid characteristics relate to timing factors. Most of the effusions are left-sided and resolve spontaneously. Pleural effusions requiring treatment occur in a small percentage of patients who have undergone CABG. Post-CABG pleural effusions in temporal relation to malignant effusions are not widely reported. This report describes a 50-year-old man presenting with a malignant left-sided pleural effusion 3 months after CABG, with characteristics resembling a late post-CABG effusion.
Volume
104
Issue
5
First Page
215
Last Page
217
ISSN
0098-6151
Published In/Presented At
Rowlands, D. M., Zasik, J. M., & Reed, J. F., 3rd (2004). Metastatic renal cell carcinoma-associated pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass grafting. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 104(5), 215–217.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15176521
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article