Urinoma and urinothorax: report of a case.
The case of a 47-year-old female who presented with urinoma and urinothorax due to left ureteral calculus obstruction is reported. The left kidney was surgically resected, while the urinothorax was evacuated by therapeutic thoracentesis, which resulted in withdrawal of 18 liters of straw-colored pleural fluid.
Izzo
Luciano
L
Department of Surgery "P. Valdoni", University of Rome "Sapienza", 1st Medical School, Policlinico, "Umberto I", 00161 Rome, Italy. luciano.izzo@uniroma1.it
Caputo
Maria
M
De Toma
Giorgio
G
Izzo
Paolo
P
Bolognese
A
A
Basso
Luigi
L
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D053584:Urinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*