title: Food-starch granulomatous peritonitis.
abstract: Two cases of peritoneal granulomatous reactions to food starch are described. They followed bowel perforation and clinically mimicked tuberculous and glove-powder starch peritonitis. Their histological differences from corn-starch peritonitis warrant attention in the absence of previous documentation of starch as a component of peritoneal food granulomas. Food-starch granules tend to be larger than those of glove powder, are often oval, and may be extremely resistant to salivary diastase digestion.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013213:Starch / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013213:Starch