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Looks are deceiving: An uncommon cause of milky white peritoneal dialysis effluent
Alexandra Esteves1, Ana Carolina Pimenta1, Lídia Santos1
1Department of Nephrology, Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Abstract:
Peritoneal dialysis effluent should be clear and any changes in aspect require further investigation. We report a case of a spontaneous milky white effluent (chyloperitoneum) associated with calcium channel blockers in a peritoneal dialysis patient. Our case is a 43-year-old man that presents with milky white peritoneal dialysis effluent 9 days after starting peritoneal dialysis. He didn't have any other complaints and he wasn't prescribed any new medications. In the effluent sample we found high triglycerides (1.8 mmol/L) thus confirming the chyloperitoneum. We suspended lercanidipine and within a few days the peritoneal dialysis effluent was clear. Currently the patient is well adjusted to the technique and had no further episodes of chyloperitoneum.
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