Cloudy fluid, cloudy diagnosis

Perit Dial Int. 2022 Nov;42(6):643-646. doi: 10.1177/08968608211072345. Epub 2022 Jan 21.

Abstract

Here, we report a case of a patient with cloudy effluent that was initially diagnosed as bacterial peritonitis. The persistence of a cloudy effluent despite antibiotic therapy led to an extensive peritoneal dialysis (PD) effluent analysis, with the final diagnosis being high-grade B-cell lymphoma. This case will increase the awareness of this rare presentation of a lymphoproliferative disorder reminding clinicians to consider this diagnosis as a part of the differential diagnosis PD effluent.

Keywords: cloudy effluent; lymphoma; peritoneal dialysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Peritoneal Dialysis* / adverse effects
  • Peritonitis* / diagnosis
  • Peritonitis* / drug therapy
  • Peritonitis* / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents