Two Cases of Right‐Sided Pleural Effusion as the Initial Manifestation of Severe Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
Lonneke H C Gremmen, Hein Bogers, Catharina C M Beerendonk, Hannah Wesley · 2026
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Lonneke H C Gremmen and three colleagues describe two fertility patients whose first sign of severe ovarian hyperstimulation was fluid around the right lung. This syndrome follows ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization, when leaky vessels let fluid escape into body cavities. Both women developed sharp chest pain and growing breathlessness days after egg collection.
One patient needed two fluid drainages from the belly and one from the chest, while the other needed a single chest drainage. Hospital care combined intravenous fluids, oxygen, correction of blood salts, and protection against blood clots. Stays lasted twelve days and two days, and both women recovered fully within three weeks of discharge. The authors review why fluid favors the right side and stress that chest symptoms after stimulation deserve quick attention, since the condition can worsen fast.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lonneke H C Gremmen, Hein Bogers, Catharina C M Beerendonk, Hannah Wesley |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |