Is Preeclampsia Really an Uncommon Etiological Factor of Pleural Effusions?

Serdar Ozkan and Kerem Tetik

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medova Hospital, Turkey
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cengiz Gökçek Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Turkey

^*Correspondance to: Serdar Ozkan 

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Abstract:

Effusion developing due to preeclampsia in the pleural effusion etiology is quite rare, and in most studies, the term of preeclampsia is not even mentioned as to differential diagnosis. In the same way, pleural effusion is also rarely encountered in cases of preeclampsia in obstetry clinics. Transudative pleural pericardial effusion accompanied by ascites in an asymptomatic patient with mild preeclampsia that we diagnosed accidentally suggested that such cases could be more common than expected.

Keywords:

Preeclampsia; Effusion; Ascites; Pleura

Cite the Article:

Ozkan S, Tetik K. Is Preeclampsia Really an Uncommon Etiological Factor of Pleural Effusions?. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2017; 2: 1384.