Remission of protein-losing enteropathy after surgical repair of a giant umbilical hernia in a dialysis patient

we present a 57-year-old male chronic haemodialysis patient with a giant umbilical hernia. after two months on dialysis, incarceration of the hernia with partial intestinal obstruction occurred, and this led to severe hypoproteinaemia secondary to protein-losing enteropathy, caused by increased lymphatic pressure. these problems were resolved following surgical repair of the hernia. there are few such cases in the literature and none involving a haemodialysis patient