Open AccessUrinothorax: An uncommon case of pleural effusion
Author(s) -
Anita Mohanty,
Christina Rao,
Binayak Rath,
Biren Kumar Sarkar,
Megharay Majhi,
Premanand Panda,
Suvendu Chattopadhyay,
Akshaya Kumar Mohanty,
Praveen K. Sahu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of association of chest physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-9089
pISSN - 2320-8775
DOI - 10.4103/2320-8775.172480
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive uropathy , urinoma , pleural effusion , rare disease , surgery , radiology , urinary system , disease , pathology
Urinothorax is classically described as the formation of urinoma as a result of retroperitoneal leakage and accumulation of urine in the pleural cavity. Since respiratory manifestations could be uncommon or rare and dominated by urological signs, which could be due to secondary or obstructive uropathy; the diagnosis of urinothorax warrants high clinical suspicion. We report such an uncommon case of urinothorax in a patient with chronic kidney disease admitted to a tertiary industrial hospital and treated successfully. Increased awareness among the physicians of such a rare clinical entity may facilitate prompt diagnosis and appropriate clinical management