Urinothorax: An unexpected cause of pleural effusion

Elena Shleyfer; Roman Nevzorov; Alan B Jotkowitz; Victor Novack; Lone Avnon; Avi Porath

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.024

Urinothorax: An unexpected cause of pleural effusion

Eur J Intern Med. 2006 Jul;17(4):300-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.024.

Authors

Elena Shleyfer¹, Roman Nevzorov, Alan B Jotkowitz, Victor Novack, Lone Avnon, Avi Porath

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine F, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

PMID: 16762786
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.024

Abstract

Urinothorax is an unexpected cause of transudative pleural effusion associated with obstructive uropathy. We present a case of urinothorax in a patient with congestive heart failure who had undergone percutaneous nephrolithotomy. The diagnosis was made after an unexpected enlargement of the pleural effusion after treatment with diuretics.