A young male presenting with black pleural effusion

Abstract

Black pleural effusion is a rare entity of exudative pleural effusion with limited differentials. Focused investigations to rule out the frequent culprits (malignancy, pancreatic origin effusion, and fungal infection) should be made to enable prompt diagnosis of these diseases.

Keywords

• diagnosis
• differential
• pancreatic pseudocyst/complications
• pleural effusion/etiology