Bilateral perinephric fluid accumulation: an unusual manifestation of pulmonary hypertension--a case report.
This is the case report of a forty-seven-year-old man with an ostium secundum atrial septal defect and a very high grade of pulmonary hypertension, associated with a large bilateral perinephric fluid accumulation. The fluid accumulation was remarkably reduced after eleven phlebotomies over a twelve-month period. A pathogenetic relation with the Eisenmenger's syndrome is discussed. No previous report of this association has been found in a survey of the literature.
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Clinica Medica II, University of Pisa, Italy.
Meola
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Del Corso
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D004322:Drainage; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography