양측성 늑막삼출을 동반한 만성 재발성 췌장염 치험

Pleural effusion is reported to occur in 7 to 17% of patients with pancreatitis. The effusion occurs more frequently on the left side than on the right and rarely bilateral. The effusion is often hemorrhagic and recurrent so that there are some difficulties in differentiating with malignant pleural effusion occasionally. Presented here, a 68-year old man who suffered from pleuritic chest pain and progressive dyspnea was diagnosed as chronic alcohol-related pancreatitis with bilateral pleural effusion and was successfully treated with non-operative management including the correction of hypoalbuminemia.