Open AccessUrinothorax: A Rare Postoperative Complication of Adrenalectomy
Author(s) -
Deepa Kalik avil Puthenveedu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17680.7761
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , pleural cavity , adrenalectomy , differential diagnosis , complication , pleural fluid , surgery , creatinine , thoracic cavity , abdominal cavity , pleurisy , effusion , radiology , pathology
Urinothorax is a rare condition defined by the presence of urine in the pleural cavity. Here we report a case of a patient with left sided transudative pleural effusion which developed following left adrenalectomy with perisplenic collection. The pleural fluid to serum creatinine ratio was found to be greater than one which confirmed the diagnosis. The objective of this case report was to describe this rare case and to alert the physicians to include urinothorax in their differential diagnosis of transudative pleural effusion especially following abdominal surgery.