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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Urinothorax: Urine Discharge From Thorax

^a Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
^b Bezm-i Alem Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Ziyade, Yildirim Mahallesi, Ulubatli Sokak, No. 12, Daire: 3, Istanbul, 34390, Turkey (Email: muratugurlucan@yahoo.com).

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Urine discharge from the thoracic cavity is defined as urinothorax. Pathology usually results from leakage of urine into the pleural cavity through a retroperitoneal route [1].

Our patient was a 52-year-old man with a history of multiple urogenital operations . . . [Full Text of this Article]