Recurring pleural effusion secondary to walled-off pancreatic necrosis

Adwait Mehta; Gabriel Aisenberg; Roy Tomas DaVee; Eden Henry; Nicole Thomason

doi:10.1080/08998280.2020.1793049

Recurring pleural effusion secondary to walled-off pancreatic necrosis

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Jul 22;33(4):621-623. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2020.1793049.

Authors

Adwait Mehta¹, Gabriel Aisenberg¹, Roy Tomas DaVee², Eden Henry¹, Nicole Thomason¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Gastroenterology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

Recurring, exudative, lymphocytic-predominant pleural effusions have not been previously reported in association with walled-off pancreatic necrosis. We present a case of chronic pancreatitis complicated by a large pancreatic fluid collection and recurrent pleural effusion. Endoscopic drainage of the walled-off pancreatic necrosis was the definitive treatment for both fluid collections.

Keywords: Chronic pancreatitis; lymphocytic-predominant pleural effusion; pleural fluid collection; walled-off pancreatic necrosis.

Publication types

Case Reports