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Peritoneal Dialysis Complicated by Pleuroperitoneal Communication and Hydrothorax

Julian Yaxley and Kevin Twomey
Ochsner Journal March 2017, 17 (1) 124-127;
Julian Yaxley
1Department of Internal Medicine, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
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    Large right-sided pleural effusion demonstrated on chest radiograph at the time of patient presentation.

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    Peritoneal scintigraphy demonstrating a high volume of radioactive dialysate in the right hemithorax with no abnormal tracer accumulation detected in the left hemithorax, thereby confirming a right pleuroperitoneal fistulous communication.

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