Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis
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Synonyms and Related Keywords: Abdominal cocoon, sclerosing peritonitis, encapsulating peritonitis, peritonitis chronica fibrosa incapsulata.
Overview
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is a rare benign cause of acute or subacute small bowel obstruction. It is characterized by total or partial encasement of the small bowel within a thick fibrocollagenous membrane.
Etiology
- SEP can be idiopathic or mainly secondary to chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, peritoneovenous or ventriculoperitoneal shunts, or treatment with practolol.
- Various abdominal disorders such as tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, familial mediterranean fever, gastrointestinal malignancy, protein S deficiency, liver transplantation, fibrogenic foreign material, and luteinized ovarian thecomas are the other rare causative factors.
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