title: An unusual cause of pleural effusion, urinothorax in a child with urinary stone disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Balcali, 01330 Adana, Turkey. buyukcelikm66@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buyukcelik
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satar
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Dincer
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yildizdas
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Musafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soran
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anarat
mesh_terms: 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