An unusual cause of urinothorax.
Urinothorax is a rare complication of blunt renal trauma, ureteral instrumentation or ureteral surgery. A leakage from the urinary tract causes urinoma, a retroperitoneal collection of fluid, which can lead to urinothorax. We report a patient with solitary kidney who underwent extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for nephrolithiasis. Four days after ESWL, she had right-sided pleural effusion which demonstrated as urinothorax. Urinoma occurring after ESWL, as in our case, is a situation that has not been reported before as a cause of urinothorax. Urinothorax should be taken into consideration in patients with pleural effusion who recently underwent ESWL.
Oğuzülgen
I Kivilcim
IK
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. oguzulgen@usa.net
Oğuzülgen
A Ibrahim
AI
Sinik
Zafer
Z
Köktürk
Oğuz
O
Ekim
Numan
N
Karaoğlan
Ustünol
U
D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D014556:Urine