Abstract

GUTIERREZ SANCHEZ, Maria J.; STOYANOV, Vladimir Petkov  and  MARTIN NAVARRO, Juan A.. Remission of protein-losing enteropathy after surgical repair of a giant umbilical hernia in a dialysis patient. Port J Nephrol Hypert [online]. 2012, vol.26, n.3, pp.217-219. ISSN 0872-0169.

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

Keywords : Haemodialysis; hypoalbuminaemia; protein-losing enteropathy; umbilical hernia.

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