Kidneys

Reports outline kidneys research from S. Agranovich and colleagues

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 20th, 2009

"Urinothorax or urothorax, the presence of urine in the pleural space. is a rare complication of percutaneous access to the kidney for the management of complex renal and proximal ureteral calculi and ureteropelvic junction obstruction," scientists in Beer Sheva, Israel report.

"Other causes such as blunt renal trauma, ureteral instrumentation, or ureteral surgery have also been reported. The authors describe a patient with a massive left pleural effusion with total lung atelectasis," wrote S. Agranovich and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "The diagnosis of urinothorax was confirmed by diuretic renography with Tc-99m diethylenetriamine...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-20)

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