Pancreatic pleuropericardial effusions presenting as tumor of the lung

• Published in: Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 70; no. 12; p. 1474
• Main Authors: Ploy-song-sang, Y, Vassallo, C L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.1977
• Subjects: Adult; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis; Male; Pancreatitis - complications; Pericardial Effusion - complications; Pericardial Effusion - diagnosis; Pericardial Effusion - etiology; Pleural Effusion - complications; Pleural Effusion - diagnosis; Pleural Effusion - etiology

A 45-year-old man presented with what was thought to be a mass in the left upper lung and a pericardial friction rub. He was subsequently discovered to have a loculated pleural effusion and pericardial effusion associated with chronic pancreatitis. This is the first instance we were able to find of...