Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient

Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Persistent fluid overload in patients on renal replacement therapy despite good dialysis adequacy or obvious cardiac dysfunction should prompt a search for rarer causes.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We repo...

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Main Authors: Davenport Andrew, Banerjee Anindya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/7/4
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spelling doaj-e236caf2f0b545b1993bd3579f5934632020-11-24T23:57:48ZengBMCBMC Nephrology1471-23692006-03-0171410.1186/1471-2369-7-4Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patientDavenport AndrewBanerjee Anindya<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Persistent fluid overload in patients on renal replacement therapy despite good dialysis adequacy or obvious cardiac dysfunction should prompt a search for rarer causes.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report here a rare cause of persistent peripheral oedema and ascites in a well-dialysed patient. CT scanning revealed a right atrial myxoma that was later confirmed on an echocardiogram.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Fluid overload states are common in patients on dialysis. Common causes are inadequacy of dialysis and non-compliance. Where aetiology is not easily apparent further investigations into rarer causes should be sought.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/7/4
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Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
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Banerjee Anindya
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title Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
title_short Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
title_full Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
title_fullStr Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
title_full_unstemmed Ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
title_sort ascites due to right atrial myxoma in a haemodialysis patient
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series BMC Nephrology
issn 1471-2369
publishDate 2006-03-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Persistent fluid overload in patients on renal replacement therapy despite good dialysis adequacy or obvious cardiac dysfunction should prompt a search for rarer causes.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report here a rare cause of persistent peripheral oedema and ascites in a well-dialysed patient. CT scanning revealed a right atrial myxoma that was later confirmed on an echocardiogram.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Fluid overload states are common in patients on dialysis. Common causes are inadequacy of dialysis and non-compliance. Where aetiology is not easily apparent further investigations into rarer causes should be sought.</p>
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