Urinothorax: An unexpected cause of severe dyspnea

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 189-191

  Tortora, Alessandra ^a,b   Casciani, Emanuele ^a   Kharrub, Zaher ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Urinoma; Urinothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROPERITONEUM; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINOMA; URINOTHORAX; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINE;

EID: 33744723192     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0468-x     Document Type: Article

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