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. 2021 Sep 30;2(9):1542-1543.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0001592021.

Unilateral Pleural Effusion in a Hemodialysis Patient

Edwin M Spithoven  1 , Alferso C Abrahams
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Unilateral Pleural Effusion in a Hemodialysis Patient

Edwin M Spithoven et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: arteriovenous fistula; dialysis; pleural effusion; renal dialysis; thrombus; vascular access.

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All authors have nothing to disclose.

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Figure 1.
Radiological images. (A) Unilateral pleural effusion. (B) Venography of the left arm demonstrating obstruction in the left brachiocephalic vein (solid arrow) and backflow into the accessory hemiazygos vein (dashed arrow). (C) After ligation of a brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistula, she had no recurrence of the pleural effusion. Arrow shows the peritoneal dialysis catheter.
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