Boerhaave syndrome presenting black pleural effusion: A case report

Three cases of black pleural effusion

“… Author Age/Sex Diagnosis Management Outcome Watanabe et al [ 10 ] 57/M Pancreaticopleural fistula; Acute on chronic alcoholic pancreatitis Tube thoracostomy Effusion resolved Ye, J. et al [ 11 ] 64/M Pancreaticopleural fistula; Suspected IgG4 Disease Thoracentesis; Endoscopic pancreatic duct stenting Effusion resolved Arumairaj, A.J. et al [ 12 ] 48/M Pancreatic pleural effusion Tube thoracostomy Effusion resolved Miyadera, K. et al [ 13 ] 59/F Pancreaticopleural fistula/Autoimmune pancreatitis Endoscopic pancreatic sphincterotomy and pancreatic duct stent placement/Systemic steroids Effusion resolved Nikiforov et al [ 14 ] 27/M Severe acute pancreatitis Tube thoracostomy Effusion resolved Tanaka, T. et al [ 15 ] 55/M Boerhaave syndrome Thoracentesis; Surgical repair Effusion resolved Jagganath et al [ 16 ] 24/M Pancreaticopleural fistula; Pancreatic pseudocyst Tube thoracostomy, somatostatin analogue; Open cystogastrostomy Effusion resolved Newman et al [ 17 ] 34/M Crack cocaine Thoracentesis Unknown Ng, Z. et al [ 18 ] …”