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(Circulation. 1950;2:336.)
© 1950 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Localized Interlobar Effusion in Congestive Heart Failure

Vanishing Tumor of the Lung

WILLIAM I. GEFTER M.D.¹; KATHARINE R. BOUCOT M.D.¹; E. WAYNE MARSHALL M.D.¹

¹ From the Philadelphia Tuberculosis & Health Association, Hospital of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia General Hospital, and Pennsylvania Hospital.

Four illustrative cases of localized interlobar effusion as a manifestation of congestive heart failure are presented. The right transverse fissure was most often involved. The x-ray shadow was dense and variable in shape, frequently resembling a tumor mass, and consequently presented a diagnostic problem. Diagnosis was confirmed by demonstrating the disappearance of the "tumor" following diuresis and restoration of cardiac compensation. The disorder is apparently not rare.

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