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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-7 | Issue-02
Development of Pleural Effusion after Treatment of Krukenberg Tumor
Jorge Luiz Barillo, Leonardo da Silva Caliman, Cyro Teixeira da Silva Junior, Joeber Bernardo Soares de Souza, Patricia Siqueira Silva, Carmem Lucia Teixeira de Castro, Alessandro Severo Alves de Mel
Published: Feb. 28, 2019 | 146 156
DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i02.013
Pages: 146-148
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Abstract
A Krukenberg tumor (KT) with metastasis to the peritoneum as well as the pleura is a rare case. Our diagnostic approach with a malignant pleural effusion from KT involving cancer biomarkers, pleural adenosine deaminase, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery after thoracentesis without closed needle pleural biopsy, possibly avoided the diagnosis of an undiagnosed pleural effusion syndrome.