We report an unusual cause of the pleural effusion due to extravasation of urine from the retroperitoneal space into the thoracic cavity. In our case, the urinoma occurred owing to obstructing urinary tract lesion due to opaque stone. Although rare, urinothorax should be considered when pleural effusion occurs in patients with urinary tract obstruction accompanied by retroperitoneal urinoma.
Urinothorax: an unexpected cause of severe dyspnea / A., Tortora; E., Casciani; Z., Kharrub; Gualdi, Gianfranco. - In: EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 1070-3004. - 12:(2006), pp. 189-191. [10.1007/s10140-006-0468-x]
Urinothorax: an unexpected cause of severe dyspnea.
GUALDI, GIANFRANCO
2006
Abstract
We report an unusual cause of the pleural effusion due to extravasation of urine from the retroperitoneal space into the thoracic cavity. In our case, the urinoma occurred owing to obstructing urinary tract lesion due to opaque stone. Although rare, urinothorax should be considered when pleural effusion occurs in patients with urinary tract obstruction accompanied by retroperitoneal urinoma.File allegati a questo prodotto
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