Ascites after pleuroperitoneal shunting

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Abstract
If conventional therapy fails in patients with intractable malignant pleural effusion, the pleuroperitoneal shunt is a valuable alternative. In a 59‐year‐old man with disabling malignant pleural effusion, massive ascites developed shortly after insertion of a pleuroperitoneal shunt. This shunt was replaced by a pleurovenous shunt. The ascites disappeared, and pleural effusion did not recur. The patient died 6 months later.