title: An unusual cause of urinothorax.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. oguzulgen@usa.net
authors.forename: I Kivilcim
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Oğuzülgen
authors.forename: A Ibrahim
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Oğuzülgen
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sinik
authors.forename: Oğuz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Köktürk
authors.forename: Numan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ekim
authors.forename: Ustünol
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Karaoğlan
mesh_terms: 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