An unusual cause of pleural effusion, urinothorax in a child with urinary stone disease.
The association of obstructive uropathy with ascites has been known since 1863 and with pleural effusion since 1954. Urinothorax is a rare complication of blunt renal trauma, ureteral instrumentation or ureteral surgery. Leakage from the urinary tract may cause urinoma, retroperitoneal collection of fluid, which can lead to urinothorax. This case report describes a child with a massive right-sided pleural effusion that was caused by same-sided renal calculi. The effusion disappeared within a few days after adequate urinary drainage had been established.
Buyukcelik
Mithat
M
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Balcali, 01330 Adana, Turkey. buyukcelikm66@yahoo.com
Satar
Nihat
N
Celik
Umit
U
Yildizdas
Dincer
D
Dursun
Hasan
H
Soran
Musafa
M
Anarat
Ali
A
D002648:Child; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014556:Urine; D014567:Urography