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Remission of protein-losing enteropathy after surgical repair of a giant umbilical hernia in a dialysis patient
| Resumo: | We present a 57-year-old male chronic haemodialysis patient with a giant umbilical hernia. After two months on dialysis, incarceration of the hernia with partial intestinal obstruction occurred, and this led to severe hypoproteinaemia secondary to protein-losing enteropathy, caused by increased lymphatic pressure. These problems were resolved following surgical repair of the hernia. There are few such cases in the literature and none involving a haemodialysis patient |
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| Autores principais: | Gutierrez Sanchez,Maria J. |
| Outros Autores: | Stoyanov,Vladimir Petkov; Martin Navarro,Juan A. |
| Assunto: | Haemodialysis hypoalbuminaemia protein-losing enteropathy umbilical hernia |
| Ano: | 2012 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | SciELO Portugal |
| Resumo: | We present a 57-year-old male chronic haemodialysis patient with a giant umbilical hernia. After two months on dialysis, incarceration of the hernia with partial intestinal obstruction occurred, and this led to severe hypoproteinaemia secondary to protein-losing enteropathy, caused by increased lymphatic pressure. These problems were resolved following surgical repair of the hernia. There are few such cases in the literature and none involving a haemodialysis patient |
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