PANCREATICOPLEURAL FISTULA- A RARE CAUSE OF HAEMORRHAGIC PLEURAL EFFUSION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 67
Abstract
A 10-year-old boy presented with complaints of pain abdomen for 8 months, which had increased in severity for 15 days prior to admission along with fever, difficulty in respiration and right-sided dull aching chest pain. On examination, he was pale and tachypnoeic with a normal nutritional status. The trachea was shifted towards left, stony dullness was noted on percussion and breath sounds were decreased on the right side of the chest. Tenderness was present over epigastrium and right hypochondrium.
Authors and Affiliations
Aditi Baruah, Hemanta Kr. Dutta, Nibedita Paul, Sutharson Ramasamy
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