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Case Reports
. 1988 Jun;43(6):484-5.
doi: 10.1136/thx.43.6.484.

An unusual cause of massive pleural effusion in pregnancy

C A Wolfe  1 , M W Peterson
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Case Reports

An unusual cause of massive pleural effusion in pregnancy

C A Wolfe et al. Thorax. 1988 Jun.

Abstract

A 40 year old woman at 30 weeks of her eighth pregnancy presented with acute onset of dyspnoea and a large left pleural effusion after the onset of premature labour. A barium enema showed diaphragmatic rupture with intestinal contents in the thorax. Repair was accomplished through simultaneous left subcostal and thoracic incisions.

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