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Hemodial Int
; 26(4): E41-E43, 2022 10.
Article
En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35811349
Gastrointestinal manifestations are common among patients with advanced kidney disease. Common symptoms include poor appetite, nausea, and vomiting. Prevalent lesions include esophagitis, gastritis, and duodenitis. Uremia-associated colitis is extremely rare. In this case report we present a young patient who present with end-stage kidney disease of unknown origin accompanied by abdominal pain and vomiting. Computed tomography showed severe bowel wall thickening of the colon. Due to extreme uremic state uremia-associated colitis was suspected and hemodialysis was initiated immediately, resulted in clinical and radiology improvement.
Colitis , Kidney Failure, Chronic , Uremia , Colitis/complications , Colitis/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy , Renal Dialysis , Uremia/complications , Vomiting/complications