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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Autopsy of a Patient with Hepatic Pleural Effusion Complicated by Pleurisy Associated with Sjögren's Syndrome.

Hikaru Mamizu, Ko Matsushima, Morihiro Kumagai, Chika Kuwana, Masanori Miyagatani, Yuusuke Tomita, Takuma Hatakeyama, Maiko Mamizu, Daisuke Ishikawa, Hidenori Kawakami and 4 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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14 authors.

Hikaru MamizuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Ko MatsushimaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Morihiro KumagaiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Chika KuwanaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Masanori MiyagataniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Yuusuke TomitaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Takuma HatakeyamaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Maiko MamizuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Daisuke IshikawaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Hidenori KawakamiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Toshiki FurukawaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Takashi IshidaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Chizuru KanekoDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Takeshi SakaiDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the case of a 68-year-old man who presented with pleural effusion and dyspnea during treatment for alcoholic liver cirrhosis. The pleural effusion was transudative and it was diagnosed to be hepatic pleural effusion. Thoracic drainage was continued, but the amount of pleural fluid drainage did not decrease. The patient was strongly positive for antinuclear antibodies and anti-SS-A and anti-SS-B antibodies, thus leading us to suspect pleurisy caused by Sjögren's syndrome. Steroid administration decreased pleural drainage; however, cirrhosis progressed and the patient eventually died. An autopsy revealed pleurisy. Other causes may also be involved in treatment-resistant hepatic effusion.

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Pleural EffusionPleurisySjogren's SyndromeAgedAutopsyFatal OutcomeHumansLiver Cirrhosis, AlcoholicMalecirrhosishepatic hydrothoraxpleuriticSjögren's syndromesteroids

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PMID39971293
PMCPMC12425576

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