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Table 1 Literature review of delayed bowel penetration or erosion caused by peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters

From: Unusual communication of an embedded peritoneal dialysis catheter with the colon before use: a case report with literature review

Age/sex

Renal disease

Duration of PD (months)

Inactive use time (months)

Clinical manifestation

Diagnostic methods

Site of bowel perforation

Catheter part interacting with the bowel

Erosion or penetration

Ref.

71/M

GN

9

0

Peritonitis

EL

Sigmoid colon

NA

NA

[8]

46/M

PKD

NA

4

Asymptomatic

Sonogram

Rectum

Tip

Penetration

[9]

42/M

GN

48

1.6

Peritonitis

EL

Small bowel

NA

NA

[10]

22/M

PSG

8

NA

Peritonitis

EL

Sigmoid colon

NA

NA

[11]

69/F

PKD

8

NA

Peritonitis

EL

Sigmoid colon

NA

NA

[11]

36/M

IgAN

51

NA

Peritonitis

EL

Right colon

NA

NA

[11]

80/M

HN

8

NA

Peritonitis

CF

Sigmoid colon

NA

NA

[11]

54/M

RT + HP

15

NA

Peritonitis

EL

Sigmoid colon

NA

NA

[11]

54/F

DKD

3

NA

Peritonitis

EL

Ileum/cecum

NA

NA

[11]

53/F

IN

17

NA

Peritonitis

EL

Sigmoid colon

NA

NA

[11]

78/M

HN

24

0

Peritonitis

Contrast enema

Proximal jejunum

NA

NA

[12]

43/M

MPGN

5

26

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Clinical manifestation

NA

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Penetration

[4]

46/M

GN

21

0

Rectal hemorrhage

Colonoscopy

Cecum

Side wall

Erosion

[13]

74/M

NA

10

8

Watery diarrhea

CF

Sigmoid colon

Tip

Penetration

[14]

36/M

NA

54

6

Foul smell

Colonoscopy

NA

NA

NA

[15]

62/F

NA

3

3

Peritonitis with diarrhea and feculent effluent

CF

Transverse colon

Tip

Penetration

[16]

73/M

MGUS, HN

NA

NA

Watery diarrhea

CF and EL

Rectum

Tip

Penetration

[17]

18/M

MN

10

4

Catheter protrusion (anus)

EL

Rectosigmoid junction

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Penetration

[18]

2/M

PKD

1.5

1.5

Fluid instilled

CF

Small intestine

NA

Erosion

[19]

54/M

DKD

6.5

0

Watery diarrhea

CT

Appendix

NA

NA

[20]

31/M

Polyarteritis nodosa

24

8

Catheter protrusion (anus)

CT

Sigmoid colon

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Penetration

[21]

50/M

DKD

18

6

Peritonitis with watery diarrhea

CT

Rectum

Tip

Penetration

[22]

72/M

GN

27

48

Catheter protrusion (anus)

CT and colonoscopy

Rectum

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Penetration

[23]

44/M

GN

3

0

Peritonitis

CT peritoneography

Jejunum

Side wall

Erosion

[24]

68/M

DKD

14

0

Catheter protrusion (anus)

CT

Sigmoid colon

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Penetration

[25]

6/M

Renal dysplasia

3

0

Feculent effluent

CT peritoneography

Unknown

Unknown

Erosion

[26]

11/M

Renal dysplasia

6

3

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Laparoscopy

Sigmoid colon

Catheter protrusion (anus)

Penetration

[27]

53/F

DKD

0

4

Feculent effluent

CT peritoneography and EL

Sigmoid colon

Side wall

Erosion

[28]

57/F

PKD

0

7

Peritonitis with watery diarrhea

CT peritoneography and EL

Rectum

Side wall

Erosion

[28]

65/M

Bilateral hydronephrosis

24

0

Watery diarrhea

Laparoscopy

Sigmoid colon

Tip

Penetration

[29]

78/M

HN

5

0

Peritonitis with watery diarrhea

EL

Small bowel

Tip

Penetration

[30]

92/M

GN

5

0

Bile and bowel contents in the PD effluent

Autopsy

Jejunum

Tip

Penetration

[31]

57/F

PKD

0

9

Peritonitis with diarrhea and feculent effluent

CT peritoneography

Sigmoid colon

Side wall

Erosion

Present case

  1. GN glomerulonephritis, EL exploratory laparotomy, NA not available, PKD polycystic kidney disease, PSG post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, IgAN IgA nephropathy, HN hypertensive nephrosclerosis, CF contrast fluoroscopy, RT renal tuberculosis, HP hypertension, DKD diabetic kidney disease, IN interstitial nephritis, MPGN membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, MGUS monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance, MN membranous nephritis, CT computed tomography, PD peritoneal dialysis