title: Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Approximately 20% of the 100,000 patients in the United States currently undergoing dialysis therapy for end-stage renal disease use the technique of peritoneal dialysis. We present a patient on peritoneal dialysis who developed a large posterior mediastinal mass, which on surgical exploration was found to be a paraesophageal hernia sac filled with omentum and dialysis fluid. We use this case as an introduction to review the thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ketchersid
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lenzen
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011312:Pressure; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology