Author/Authors :
Yang, Bo Department of Nephrology - First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China , Li, Jie Department of Nephrology - First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China , Qiao,Yanheng Department of Nephrology - First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China , Zhao,Yanru Department of Nephrology - First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China , Yang, Hongtao Department of Nephrology - First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
Abstract :
A 79-year-old patient developed severe hypoalbuminemia
associated with eosinophilic peritonitis (EP) after receiving
continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for 3 years.
The hypoalbuminemia and EP treated successfully with the use of
prednisone acetate. This case is reported to emphasize the importance
of diagnosis of EP that should be suspected when the peritoneal
dialysis (PD) patient presents with severe hypoalbuminemia
combined with turbid effluent along with repeated negative cultures.
A short course of low-dose oral glucocorticoid may be considered
in accelerating the resolution of the episode in such cases.
Keywords :
eosinophilic peritonitis , eosinophilia , hypoalbuminemia , peritoneal dialysis , glucocorticoid
