Urinothorax: An unusual cause of pleural effusion

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Handa, A ^a   Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrothorax; Obstructive uropathy; Pleural effusion; Urinothorax

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE; URINOTHORAX; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FISTULA; KIDNEY DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCINTISCANNING; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; URINOMA;

ADULT; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FISTULA; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TECHNETIUM; URINARY FISTULA; URINOMA;

EID: 38449107896     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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