title: Transdiaphragmatic peritoneal hernia complicating peritoneal dialysis: demonstration with spiral computed tomography peritoneography and peritoneal scintigraphy.
abstract: The authors describe a rare case of peritoneal transdiaphragmatic hernia discovered immediately after a car accident in a young male patient on peritoneal dialysis. The potential role of CT peritoneography and peritoneal scintigraphy to demonstrate and understand thoracic complications of ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. coche@rdgn.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coche
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lonneux
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goffin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed