Idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis: a case report

Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is a very rare pathological entity. It is a chronic fibroinflammatory disease affecting the peritoneum and leading to the formation of diffuse egg-shell-shaped fibrous capsule which totally or locally encapsulate the abdominal viscera, in particular the digestive...

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Published inThe Pan African medical journal Vol. 38; p. 136
Main Authors Bouardi, Nizar El, Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui, Haloua, Meriam, Alami, Badrredine, Boubou, Meryem, Maaroufi, Mustapha
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Uganda 08.02.2021
Subjects
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Peritoneal Fibrosis - diagnostic imaging
Peritoneal Fibrosis - physiopathology
Peritoneum - diagnostic imaging
Peritoneum - physiopathology
Peritonitis - diagnostic imaging
Peritonitis - physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
computed tomography
a case report
Encapsulating peritonitis
idiopathic
medical imaging
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Summary:Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is a very rare pathological entity. It is a chronic fibroinflammatory disease affecting the peritoneum and leading to the formation of diffuse egg-shell-shaped fibrous capsule which totally or locally encapsulate the abdominal viscera, in particular the digestive tract. Clinical signs are little specific and misleading. Medical imaging, including computed tomography, can help clinicians to make a diagnosis, by highlighting a thin peritoneal membrane encompassing an agglutination of digestive loops. Secondary types (postperitoneal dialysis, tuberculosis, medications, postintraperitoneal chemotherapy) are quite common, however idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is very rare and few cases have been reported in the literature. We here report the case of a 53-year-old woman with idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis.
ISSN:1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2021.38.136.28043