Resumen

PEREZ-PALENZUELA, Javier et al. Urinothorax: rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Case report. Cir. cir. [online]. 2021, vol.89, suppl.2, pp.17-21.  Epub 14-Feb-2022. ISSN 2444-054X.  https://doi.org/10.24875/ciru.21000008.

Urinothorax is an unusual cause of pleural effusion. To describe a case with urinothorax secondary to urinary system trauma. 41-year-old male readmitted to our hospital 16 days after a right percutaneous nephrolithotomy with fever, shortness of breath, chest pain and multiloculated pleural effusion confirmed by CT scan, resolved with surgical treatment. Readmitted twenty-one days later with recurrent empyema and diagnosis of reno-pleural fistula, treated with new thoracotomy and double J and urinary catheter placement. The suspected diagnosis and the multidisciplinary approach allowed to solve this rare complication.

Palabras llave : Urinothorax; Empyema; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy.