| Hepatic hydrothorax is a complication of cirrhosis in patients with ascites. |
| Symptoms of hydrothorax, at first obscurely, afterwards more distinctly marked. |
| An interruption of the peritoneal dialysis can result in a reduction of the hydrothorax after 2 to 6 weeks. |
| Hepatic hydrothorax originates secondary to ascitic fluid movement from the abdominal cavity to the pleural space via defects in the diaphragm. |
| Aggressive treatment of hydrothorax and ascites can lead easily to hepatic encephalopathy. |
| Those cases of hydrothorax accompanying renal and cardiac diseases are readily enough associated with their original cause. |
