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Volume 2008, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0253-8253
  • EISSN: 2227-0426

Abstract

The pathway of extravasated urine from the retroperitoenum to the ipsilateral and contralateral pleural cavity in cases of urinothorax has been of debate in the literature. We present a proposed route for the extravasated urine pathway from the retroperitoenum to both pleural cavities based on radiological evidence.

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