The phrenic syndrome in salpingitis ("acute perihepatitis") explained by absorption of exudates from the peritoneal cavity through the diaphragm.

Referring to a recent report given in Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica of 14 cases of acute perihepatitis in young females with genital inflammation, the pathogenesis of which was claimed unknown, a recapitulation is given of previously published investigations on the clinical significance of the absorption of exudates and particulate matters from the peritoneal cavity in man through the lymphatics of the diaphragm. The pathogenesis of metastases in the supraclavicular nodes (Virchow) and of ascites in peritoneal carcinomatosis is mentioned.