Sclerosing peritonitis with gross perito
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Verbanck, Johan J.; Schoonjans, Renaat S.; Vandewiele, Ignace A.; Segaert, Marc
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is a rare but serious complication of chronic peritoneal dialysis. In these patients, the bowel is sometimes encased in a fibrous ''cocoon.'' Sclerosing peritonitis is characterized pathologically by sclerotic thickening of both the visceral and parietal peritone