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Peritoneopleural communication associated with cirrhotic ascites: scintigraphic demonstration

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Demonstration of peritoneopleural communication in patients with cirrhotic ascites has an important impact on treatment planning. We studied 12 such patients and found presence of peritoneopleural communication in five. Two had bilateral, one right-side and two left-side, pleural effusion. Pleural fluid protein content was less than 2 g/dL in all patients.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226 014, India, , , , , , IN

    B. R. Mittal, A. Maini & B. K. Das

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Received: 30 January 1995/Accepted: 4 March 1995

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Mittal, B., Maini, A. & Das, B. Peritoneopleural communication associated with cirrhotic ascites: scintigraphic demonstration. Abdom Imaging 21, 69–70 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900014

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