Spontaneous rupture of a silicone peritoneal dialysis catheter presenting outflow failure and peritonitis.

摘要

There are approximately 26000 peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in the United States (1). Complications associated with PD catheters include catheter obstruction, pericatheter leak, outflow failure, cuff extrusion, and exit-site infections (2,3). PD catheter rupture is uncommon but has been reported (4-6). In this report we describe a case of spontaneous rupture of a siticone PD catheter that could not be attributed to previously reported causes.