Spontaneous perirenal urinoma induced by NSAID-associated acute interstitial nephritis

Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2018 Mar 23:14:595-599. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S155978. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Urinoma, defined as the urine leakage beyond the urinary tract, is commonly induced by blunt trauma or urinary tract obstruction by stone, intra-abdominal malignancy, or retroperitoneal fibrosis. Spontaneous urinoma is rare and parenchymal pathologic change is rarely mentioned when urinoma is found. We present a case of a 28-year-old woman with bilateral flank pain induced by spontaneous urinoma. The lady received chronic analgesics because of migraine. After intravenous ketorolac injection, bilateral perirenal urinoma developed. Renal biopsy showed acute interstitial nephritis associated with nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). After discontinuing the medication, urinoma subsided, and the patient was discharged with normal serum creatinine. This was the first case of urinoma induced by NSAID-related interstitial nephritis, and pathophysiology and management of spontaneous urinoma are discussed.

Keywords: NSAID; acute kidney injury; interstitial nephritis; ketorolac; spontaneous urinoma.

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