Urinothorax: case report and review of the literature with emphasis on biochemical diagnosis - PubMed (original) (raw)
Review
. 2004 Sep-Oct;71(5):533-6.
doi: 10.1159/000080642.
Affiliations
- PMID: 15467335
- DOI: 10.1159/000080642
Review
Urinothorax: case report and review of the literature with emphasis on biochemical diagnosis
Eduardo Garcia-Pachon et al. Respiration. 2004 Sep-Oct.
Abstract
Urinothorax is a rare cause of transudative pleural effusion secondary to obstructive uropathy. We present a case of urinothorax after shock wave lithotripsy and review the literature. A total of 53 cases have been described previously, and in a few of them, the biochemical characteristics of the pleural fluid were detailed. In general, patients with urinothorax have low pH and glucose levels, and their lactate dehydrogenase level can be very high, resulting in misclassification of the effusion as an exudate. The average pleural fluid to serum creatinine ratio reported in 12 cases was 9.15 (range 1.09-19.8).
Similar articles
- An unusual cause of urinothorax.
Oğuzülgen IK, Oğuzülgen AI, Sinik Z, Köktürk O, Ekim N, Karaoğlan U. Oğuzülgen IK, et al. Respiration. 2002;69(3):273-4. doi: 10.1159/000063633. Respiration. 2002. PMID: 12097774 - Urinothorax: a new approach.
Garcia-Pachon E, Romero S. Garcia-Pachon E, et al. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2006 Jul;12(4):259-63. doi: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000230628.65515.86. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2006. PMID: 16825877 Review. - Urinothorax associated with VURD syndrome.
Lee CC, Fang CC, Chou HC, Tsau YK. Lee CC, et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 Apr;20(4):543-6. doi: 10.1007/s00467-004-1755-y. Epub 2005 Feb 15. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005. PMID: 15711949 - An unusual cause of pleural effusion, urinothorax in a child with urinary stone disease.
Buyukcelik M, Satar N, Celik U, Yildizdas D, Dursun H, Soran M, Anarat A. Buyukcelik M, et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 Oct;20(10):1487-9. doi: 10.1007/s00467-005-1949-y. Epub 2005 Jul 27. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005. PMID: 16047222 - The Urinothorax: A Comprehensive Review With Case Series.
Austin A, Jogani SN, Brasher PB, Argula RG, Huggins JT, Chopra A. Austin A, et al. Am J Med Sci. 2017 Jul;354(1):44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2017.03.034. Epub 2017 Apr 7. Am J Med Sci. 2017. PMID: 28755732 Review.
Cited by
- Case of urinothorax - A rare presentation.
Chawla AK, Chaudhary G, Chawla MK, Chawla R, Chawla PS. Chawla AK, et al. Lung India. 2020 Jan-Feb;37(1):53-56. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_95_19. Lung India. 2020. PMID: 31898621 Free PMC article. - Management of iatrogenic urinothorax following ultrasound guided percutaneous nephrostomy.
Batura D, Haylock-Vize P, Naji Y, Tennant R, Fawcett K. Batura D, et al. J Radiol Case Rep. 2014 Jan 1;8(1):34-40. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v8i1.1424. eCollection 2014 Jan. J Radiol Case Rep. 2014. PMID: 24967012 Free PMC article. - Case series: Pleural effusion caused by urinary ultrafiltrate in two cats without evidence of urinary obstruction, trauma, or simultaneous perinephric pseudocysts.
Griffin MA, Steffey MA, Phillips KL, Mayhew PD, Woolard KD, Della Maggiore A. Griffin MA, et al. Front Vet Sci. 2022 Nov 21;9:1038278. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1038278. eCollection 2022. Front Vet Sci. 2022. PMID: 36478950 Free PMC article. - Urinothorax Caused by Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis.
Abusnina W, Bukamur H, Koc Z, Najar F, Munn N, Zeid F. Abusnina W, et al. Case Rep Pulmonol. 2018 Jun 14;2018:7976839. doi: 10.1155/2018/7976839. eCollection 2018. Case Rep Pulmonol. 2018. PMID: 30079257 Free PMC article. - Urinothorax after ultrasonography-guided renal biopsy: a case report.
Lee TW, Jang HN, Cho HS, Choi SM, Choi BH, Bae E, Chang SH, Park DJ. Lee TW, et al. BMC Nephrol. 2018 May 3;19(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-0903-8. BMC Nephrol. 2018. PMID: 29724179 Free PMC article.
Publication types
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Medical