ArticleBMC surgery2016
The enigma of primary and secondary encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.
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- Unraveling the cocoon: A case report on preoperative ambiguity and definitive surgical management of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Unraveling the enigma of sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis: a comprehensive review.Annals of coloproctology · 2025Article
- Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis causing fatal bowel obstruction.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis: A rare cause of small bowel obstruction.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Intestinal Obstruction Unraveled: A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Encapsulating Peritonitis.Cureus · 2023Article
- Abdominal cocoon syndrome as rare cause of intestinal obstruction: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Abdominal cocoon in children: A case report and review of literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Review
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- Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: A Case Report and Literature Review.The American journal of case reports · 2020Review
- A Rare Cause of Bowel Obstruction.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2020Article
- Imaging and treatment of idiopathic abdominal cocoon in 9 patients.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Article
- Secondary encapsulating peritonitis: a study of cases over five years.Turkish journal of surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEncapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) describes a variety of diseases that are frequently confused with different names and different etiopathogeneses. The aim of this article is to report personal experience of focusing on correct classification and the status of current diagnosis and treatment.
methodsA retrospective analysis was performed. Age, sex, ethnic origin, past medical history, symptoms and their duration, radiological tools and signs, laboratory tests, preoperative diagnosis, surgical approach, intraoperative findings, pathological findings, hospital stay, morbidity and mortality were studied.
resultsA total of seven patients, including six males and one female, aged from 24 to 72 years were observed. Four patients had recurrent abdominal colic pain for 3 months, 1, 2 and 9 years; two patients also reported recurrent attacks but without any specification of the duration. All seven patients presented at the emergency department with abdominal pain that was mainly diffused over the entire abdomen. Six patients were submitted to a CT scan. Only in two patients was the diagnosis of EPS made preoperatively. All seven patients were submitted to open surgery. The hospital stay was between 4 and 60 days. One patient had morbidity, and one patient died of MOF.
conclusionsCurrently, the correct identification of EPS is more easily possible than in the past, but the diagnosis is still a challenge. Surgery must be performed as soon as possible to avoid a poorer quality of life.
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