Abstract
Introduction: In patients with non- Hodgkin's disease, pleural effusion is not an unusual finding, with a recorded incidence of up to 20 percent. The effusion can be unilateral or bilateral, and the fluid causes symptoms of dyspnoea, cough, and/or chest pain in most patients.
 Case Presentation: A 17 years male was admitted in AVBRH with the chief complaint of chest pain since 4 days on one side which radiated to left shoulder, breathlessness from 2 days on walking and cough from 1 month. Patient had no complaint of fever, cold, abdominal pain, vomiting, orthopnia or trauma. The patient had done all necessary investigations by physician order.
 Therapeutic Intervention, Management and Outcomes: Patient was treated with oxygen therapy, chemotherapy, Thoracentesis and anticoagulant, antibiotics medication.
 Nursing Management: Administered fluid replacement i.e. RL, oxygen therapy 15 litres per minute, chemotherapy, monitored all vital signs half hourly.
 Conclusion: Timely treatment and management of Pleural effusion with non-Hodgkin’s disease can bring out successful recovery with limited complications.
Highlights
In patients with non- Hodgkin's disease, pleural effusion is not an unusual finding, with a recorded incidence of up to 20 percent
Pleural effusion in non-Hodgkin lymphomas is commonly associated with mediastinal adenopathy or tends to be rare as part of the recurrent non-Hodgkins’s Lymphoma (NHL)'s original NHL presentation as primary pleural lymphoma
Thoracentesis in 60% to 90% of NHL patients results in a positive cytologic diagnosis [2]
Summary
The sole author designed, analyzed, interpreted and prepared the manuscript. (1) Dr Aurora Martínez Romero, Juarez University, Mexico. (1) Yohannes Markos Woldesenbet, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia. (2) José Miguel Calderín Miranda, University of Havana, Cuba (1) Yohannes Markos Woldesenbet, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia. (2) José Miguel Calderín Miranda, University of Havana, Cuba
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