An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy

We present here a case of severe dyspnea after a percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, which resulted from an urinothorax, an uncommon complication of posturological procedures. Chest X-ray indicated a significant left pleural effusion, and a diagnosis was confirmed by the pleural fluid analysis. Chest t...

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Publicado no:J Family Med Prim Care
Main Authors: Dregoesc, Diana, Kelley, Rachel, Lick, David
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6618223/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31334200
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_28_17
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spelling pubmed-66182232019-07-22 An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy Dregoesc, Diana Kelley, Rachel Lick, David J Family Med Prim Care Case Report We present here a case of severe dyspnea after a percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, which resulted from an urinothorax, an uncommon complication of posturological procedures. Chest X-ray indicated a significant left pleural effusion, and a diagnosis was confirmed by the pleural fluid analysis. Chest tube placement did not improve the patient's clinical status; retrograde pyelogram was performed, and a stent was placed in the left ureter orifice where a narrowing was discovered. Correcting the cause of the urinothorax is the key in such cases of severe pleural effusions as seen in our case. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6618223/ /pubmed/31334200 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_28_17 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Dregoesc, Diana
Kelley, Rachel
Lick, David
An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
description We present here a case of severe dyspnea after a percutaneous nephrostolithotomy, which resulted from an urinothorax, an uncommon complication of posturological procedures. Chest X-ray indicated a significant left pleural effusion, and a diagnosis was confirmed by the pleural fluid analysis. Chest tube placement did not improve the patient's clinical status; retrograde pyelogram was performed, and a stent was placed in the left ureter orifice where a narrowing was discovered. Correcting the cause of the urinothorax is the key in such cases of severe pleural effusions as seen in our case.
author Dregoesc, Diana
Kelley, Rachel
Lick, David
author_facet Dregoesc, Diana
Kelley, Rachel
Lick, David
author_sort Dregoesc, Diana
title An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
title_short An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
title_full An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
title_fullStr An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
title_full_unstemmed An unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
title_sort unusual case of urinothorax after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
publisher Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
container_title J Family Med Prim Care
publishDate 2019
url https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6618223/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31334200
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_28_17
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