Peritoneal dialysis in Tunisia: complications, technique and patient's survival (twenty-seven years of experience in a single center).

Introduction: peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy method that offers various advantages to end-stage renal disease patients. The aim of our study was to analyze patient characteristics, peritonitis and clinical outcome over a 27-year period of PD in our center.

Methods: retrospective study of incident patients on PD from January 1990 to December 2017.

Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Pregnant Renal Transplant Recipient Associated With Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Hemophagocytic syndrome is a disorder of the mononuclear phagocytic system resulting in uncontrolled hemophagocytosis and cytokine overproduction. We report the first case of hemophagocytic syndrome, which occurred in a pregnantfemale patient 14 years after kidney transplant who displayed an atypical presentation and who had septic shock following cytomegalovirus infection. The patient, a-39-year-old woman at 27 weeks gestation with end-stage renal disease of unknown etiology, was admitted 14 years after living-donor kidney transplant (donor was her father) with high-grade fever, cough, and pancytopenia.

Ruptured intracranial aneurysm and recessive polycystic kidney Disease: A Rare Association.

Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is the most common childhood-onset ciliopathy. Intracranial aneurysms (ICA) are a serious complication of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). However, there are only three reports about ICA in an adult patient with ARPKD.

Brown tumors in dialyzed patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism: report of 16 cases.

Brown tumors (BTs) are relatively uncommon but they are serious complications of renal osteodystrophy. The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical, biological, and radiological characteristics of 16 patients with BTs provoked by secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) and its response to the decrease in parathyroid hormone levels after parathyroidectomy (PTX). The management of that uncommon condition was also reviewed.