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A rare case of amyloid light-chain amyloidosis with bilateral perirenal hematoma shortly after initiation of peritoneal dialysis
- Source :
- CEN Case Rep
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is valuable for patients starting on renal replacement therapy because it preserves residual renal function, maintains hemodynamic stability, and affords higher quality of life than hemodialysis. Amyloid-related kidney disease is a rare condition and a cause of end-stage renal disease, the incidence of which appears to be rising in recent years. Hemoperitoneum is a common complication of PD. In some cases, it requires urgent treatment and careful monitoring for deterioration and potential complications. Although the kidney is a retroperitoneal organ, renal hemorrhage can cause bloody peritoneal dialysate. We encountered a rare case of amyloid light-chain amyloidosis where bilateral perirenal hematoma occurred shortly after initiation of PD. Amyloid angiopathy with increased blood vessel fragility and impaired vasoconstriction may promote bleeding. Therefore, hemoperitoneum in a patient on PD with disease causing fragile blood vessels, such as amyloidosis, should alert the physician to the possibility of underlying angiopathy.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Amyloidosis
Renal Hemorrhage
030232 urology & nephrology
Case Report
General Medicine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
Surgery
Peritoneal dialysis
Angiopathy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Renal replacement therapy
Hemodialysis
Hemoperitoneum
medicine.symptom
business
Kidney disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21924449
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CEN Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....44131b58fb062194f0f0121a468f2d43