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Chest X-rays are usually normal in patients with acute or chronic hepatitis C. Patients who progress to cirrhosis may have pleural effusions evident on imaging.<ref name="pmid12645728">{{cite journal| author=Assouad J, Barthes Fle P, Shaker W, Souilamas R, Riquet M| title=Recurrent pleural effusion complicating liver cirrhosis. | journal=Ann Thorac Surg | year= 2003 | volume= 75 | issue= 3 | pages= 986-9 | pmid=12645728 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12645728 }} </ref> | Chest X-rays are usually normal in patients with acute or chronic hepatitis C. Patients who progress to cirrhosis may have pleural effusions evident on imaging that are predominantly right-sided.<ref name="pmid12645728">{{cite journal| author=Assouad J, Barthes Fle P, Shaker W, Souilamas R, Riquet M| title=Recurrent pleural effusion complicating liver cirrhosis. | journal=Ann Thorac Surg | year= 2003 | volume= 75 | issue= 3 | pages= 986-9 | pmid=12645728 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12645728 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Chest X-rays are unremarkable in hepatitis C. Cirrhotic patients may have a pleural effusions that are predominantly right-sided.
Chest X-ray
Chest X-rays are usually normal in patients with acute or chronic hepatitis C. Patients who progress to cirrhosis may have pleural effusions evident on imaging that are predominantly right-sided.[1]
References
- ↑ Assouad J, Barthes Fle P, Shaker W, Souilamas R, Riquet M (2003). "Recurrent pleural effusion complicating liver cirrhosis". Ann Thorac Surg. 75 (3): 986–9. PMID 12645728.