肝性胸水足指各种原因引起的失代偿性肝硬化同时伴有胸腔积液。临床上肝性胸水以右侧多见,仅有胸水的肝硬化病例罕见[1、2]。我院自1971年11月至1982年8月在196例伴有腹水和/或食管静脉曲张的失代偿性肝硬化患者中发现17例伴有胸水,占8.7%。鉴于肝性胸水并不少见,而临床上报道不多,兹结合有关文献对本病的诊断和治疗扼要介绍如下。 Hepatic pleural effusion refers to various causes of decompensated cirrhosis accompanied by pleural effusion. Clinical hepatic pleural effusion more common to the right, only the pleural effusion rare cases of liver cirrhosis [1,2]. In our hospital from November 1971 to August 1982 in 196 patients with ascites and / or esophageal varices in patients with decompensated cirrhosis found in 17 cases with pleural effusion, accounting for 8.7%. In view of hepatic pleural effusion is not uncommon, and few clinical reports, the combination of relevant literature on the diagnosis and treatment of the disease are briefly described below.