Prediction of Satisfactory Response to Pleural Sclerosis Using Radiopharmaceuticals
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 142 (1) , 194-196
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1982.00340140196037
Abstract
• Rapidly recurring right pleural effusion was a disabling clinical problem in a 51-year-old woman with alcoholic cirrhosis that had not been relieved by diuretic therapy or a LeVeen shunt. By injecting technetium Tc 99m albumin aggregated into the peritoneal cavity, shunt patency and rapid flow into the pleural effusion were demonstrated. In contrast, technetium Tc 99m albumin aggregated injected into the pleural fluid showed no movement into the abdominal cavity. These test results predicted that pleural sclerosis would help her clinical problem but would not place the abdominal contents in jeopardy. This prediction has proved to be correct. (Arch Intern Med 1982;142:194-196)This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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