Ureteral urine leak presenting as a pleural effusion in a renal transplant recipient.
We report a 15-year-old girl who developed a ureteral perforation soon after living-related donor renal transplantation. Her presentation was unusual in that a symptomatic pleural effusion accumulated as an extension of the perinephric urine collection. Recognition and surgical correction of the ureteral pathology led to resolution of respiratory symptomatology and full recovery of renal function.
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Department of Pediatrics, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Penn State Geisinger Health System, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013400:Sugar Acids; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013400:Sugar Acids; C100014:technetium Tc 99m gluceptate