Urinothorax: an unexpected cause of severe dyspnea.

Emerg Radiol

Department of Emergency Radiology, Policlinico Umberto I, viale del Policlinico 155, Roma, 00161, Italy.

Published: May 2006

We report an unusual cause of the pleural effusion due to extravasation of urine from the retroperitoneal space into the thoracic cavity. In our case, the urinoma occurred owing to obstructing urinary tract lesion due to opaque stone. Although rare, urinothorax should be considered when pleural effusion occurs in patients with urinary tract obstruction accompanied by retroperitoneal urinoma.

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