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ArticleCureus2025

Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Improvement Following Conservative Treatment in a Child Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis.

John Dotis, Antonia Kondou, Vasiliki Karava, Nikoleta Printza

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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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4 authors.

John DotisDepartment of Pediatrics, Hippokration General Hospital/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Antonia KondouDepartment of Pediatrics, Hippokration General Hospital/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Vasiliki KaravaDepartment of Nephrology, Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Nikoleta PrintzaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hippokration General Hospital/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GRC.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) constitutes a rare but one of the most serious complications of long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) in children. The role of abdominal computed tomography (CT) imaging in the early recognition and management of EPS is of great importance and should be performed promptly to establish diagnosis. This fact can provide an opportunity for conservative treatment with corticosteroids and tamoxifen, as it appears that early treatment can have beneficial effects. Based on the above, we present a five-year-old girl undergoing PD who developed EPS established by abdominal CT, who was withdrawn from the PD method but was successfully treated with a combination of prednisone and tamoxifen without the need for a surgical approach.

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childconservative treatmentencapsulating peritoneal sclerosisperitoneal dialysistamoxifen

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PMID39944462
PMCPMC11815527

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