An unusual cause of pleural effusion, urinothorax in a child with urinary stone disease (original) (raw)

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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.

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1. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Turkey
   Mithat Buyukcelik, Hasan Dursun, Musafa Soran & Ali Anarat
2. Department of Urology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
   Nihat Satar
3. Department of Pediatrics, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
   Umit Celik
4. Pediatric Critical Care Unit, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
   Dincer Yildizdas

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Buyukcelik, M., Satar, N., Celik, U. et al. An unusual cause of pleural effusion, urinothorax in a child with urinary stone disease.Pediatr Nephrol 20, 1487–1489 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-005-1949-y

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• Received: 22 November 2004
• Revised: 11 February 2005
• Accepted: 11 February 2005
• Published: 27 July 2005
• Issue Date: October 2005
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-005-1949-y

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