De Plaen E, Therasse A, Lebrun E, Mestrez F, Binet L, Lemaitre J
Service de Chirurgie viscérale, C.H.U. Ambroise Paré, Mons.
Service de Dialyse, C.H.U. Ambroise Paré, Mons.
Rev Med Brux. 2017;38(1):33-35.
We report the case of a patient with pleural effusion occurring after initiation of a peritoneal dialysis. This phenomenon is favoured by the existence of a pleuroperitoneal communication. The latter is described at the origin of other diseases like catamenial pneumothorax and pleural effusion in connection with cirrhotic ascites. We describe this rare complication of peritoneal dialysis in order to draw attention of nephrologists, pulmonologists and surgeons.