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1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Abstract:
Massive hydrothorax is an infrequent but well-recognized complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), and is often regarded as a contraindication to its use. We describe here a patient with massive hydrothorax that appeared during CAPD. Peritoneoscintigraphy was performed to demonstrate the clinical suspicion of a pleuroperitoneal communication and the pleurodesis using tetracycline was commenced and this allowed the successful continuance of CAPD.
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