| Literature DB >> 15965769 |
F Horuz1, C Sleeboom, A H Bouts, J C Davin, J W Groothoff.
Abstract
Peritonitis as a result of a perorated appendicitis is a rare but life-threatening situation in a patient on peritoneal dialysis (PD). As far as we are aware, the combination of clear dialysate effluent and phlegmonous appendicitis in a patient on PD has not previously been described. We report a 16-year-old girl with acute onset of abdominal pain and vomiting who turned out to have phlegmonous appendicitis, despite having a clear dialysate effluent with normal cell count, and who subsequently developed E coli peritonitis after surgery.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15965769 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1960-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Nephrol ISSN: 0931-041X Impact factor: 3.714