title: Idiopathic sclerosing peritonitis in a man.
abstract: Idiopathic sclerosing peritonitis (ISP) is a rare condition which has been mainly reported in young adolescent women as a cause of small bowel obstruction. In these patients the small bowel is sometimes encased in a fibrous sac called an "abdominal cocoon". We describe a 62-year-old man who underwent exploratory laparotomy for ascites and abdominal mass. Laparotomy showed 5.4 l of ascites and the entire small bowel was encased in a fibrous sausage-like cocoon. The pathological findings were characteristic of sclerosing peritonitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Keiyu General Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohshita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012598:Sclerosis