Acute hydrothorax: rare complication in pediatric peritoneal dialysis. Case report

Abstract

A case of right acute hydrotorax is reported in a 13 years old boy with terminal chronic renal failure in CPD (chronic peritoneal diálysis); it is a rare complication and in our experience in the chronic peritoneal dialysis program in Hospital del niño Jesus, Tucuman, in 12 years of duration is the first case. We inform the evolution, diagnosis and resolution.

Keywords

• hidrotórax
• insuficiencia renal crónica terminal
• diálisis peritoneal
• diálisis renal