Remission of protein-losing enteropathy after surgical repair of a giant umbilical hernia in a dialysis patient
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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Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia
2012
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