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A case of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in a patient with chronic schistosomiasis.

Paraskevi C Fragkou, Emmanouil Karofylakis, Nikolaos Oikonomopoulos, Evangelia T Piperaki, Sotirios Tsiodras, Dimitra Kavvatha

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Article in IDCases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paraskevi C Fragkou4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, Athens, 12462, Greece.
Emmanouil Karofylakis4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, Athens, 12462, Greece.
Nikolaos Oikonomopoulos2nd Laboratory of Radiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, Athens, 12462, Greece.
Evangelia T PiperakiParasitology Unit, Microbiology Laboratory of Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Sotirios Tsiodras4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, Athens, 12462, Greece.
Dimitra Kavvatha4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str, Chaidari, Athens, 12462, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a debilitating condition, mainly associated with long-term peritoneal dialysis, where up-regulation of intra-abdominal inflammatory pathways leads to a fibrocollagenous peritoneal membrane formation resembling a cocoon. EPS causes intestinal encapsulation leading to bowel obstruction and dilatation. Chronic schistosomiasis is characterized by dysregulation of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. EPS has never been reported before in patients with chronic schistosomiasis. We report the first, to our knowledge, case of a 57-year-old male originated from Burkina Faso with chronic intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis and EPS. Although causality cannot be established solely by this case, we hypothesize that EPS may be the result of chronic inflammatory activation, due to immune dysregulation driven by chronic schistosomiasis. The potential pathogenetic linkage between these two conditions should be further explored.

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Abdominal cocoonAscitesChistosomiasisEncapsulating peritoneal sclerosisSchistosoma haematobium

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