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SUBMITTER: Shao Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shao Qiuyuan Q Xia Yangyang Y Zhang Qingyan Q Zhang Miao M
BMC gastroenterology 20200524 1
<h4>Background</h4>Intestinal perforation from peritoneal dialysis is rare, but the resulting complications are serious. Some patients do not necessarily have symptoms, and it can be difficult to differentiate their condition from PD-related (peritoneal dialysis-related) peritonitis, which may lead to misdiagnosis. Here we report a peritoneal dialysis patient with intestinal fistula associated with recurrent peritonitis.<h4>Case presentation</h4>A 44-year-old man had been treated for more than 6 ...[more]