Peritoneal Scintigraphy for assessment of pleuroperitoneal communication

Authors

  • Adriana Pinto Serviço de Medicina Nuclear, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4210-5914
  • Rita Vicente Serviço de Nefrologia, Hospital Espírito Santo de Évora, Évora, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2726-9539
  • Nicole Pestana Serviço de Nefrologia, Centro Hospitalar do Funchal, Funchal, Portugal
  • Patrícia Gouveia Serviço de Medicina Nuclear, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Ricardo Teixeira Serviço de Medicina Nuclear, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8187-1419

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25748/arp.21666

Abstract

A 19 year-old woman with chronic kidney disease (stage 5D), under peritoneal dialysis, was suspected of pleuroperitoneal communication. Peritoneal scintigraphy confirmed the diagnosis and the patient was trasnferred to hemodyalisis.

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Published

2021-04-30

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2021)

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CC BY-NC 4.0