Affiliations 

  • 1 S Y Tan, FRCP. Renal Unit, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Visiting Professor of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2 C S Lim, MRCP. Renal Unit, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 S M Teo, MRCP. Renal Unit, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur
  • 4 S H Lee, FRCS. Consultant Surgeon, Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Selangor
  • 5 A Razack, FRCS. Consultant Urologist, Department of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre
  • 6 C S Loh, FRCS. Consultant Urologist, Sunway Medical Centre & Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Selangor
Med J Malaysia, 2003 Dec;58(5):769-70.
PMID: 15190667

Abstract

We report here a case of a kidney transplant recipient in whom the ureter was initially implanted into the peritoneum. Excessive ultrafiltration volume and reversal of serum vs dialysate creatinine ratio when the patient was recommenced on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis first suggested the diagnosis which was subsequently confirmed by a plain abdominal x-ray demonstrating placement of ureteric stent in the peritoneum. This rare complication was successfully corrected with surgical re-implantation of ureter into the bladder and 5 years later, the patient remains well with good graft function.

* Title and MeSH Headings from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.