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How would you approach asymptomatic hepatic sarcoid?
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Rheumatology · Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine
Hepatic involvement in sarcoidosis is very common. In old autopsy series, as many as 70% of unselected cases of sarcoidosis were found to have granulomatous inflammation in the liver. Today, many possible cases are identified incidentally by more advanced diagnostic testing techniques such as PET sc...
Do you recommend the use of indwelling pleural catheters in the management of patients with hepatic hydrothorax requiring frequent drainage?
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Pulmonology · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The use of an indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) in hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is a nuanced question. One must weigh the benefit of frequent drainage versus the morbidity associated with the catheter as well as the clinical context of the patient.There are somewhat limited data regarding the use of IPC...