title: [Starch granulomatous peritonitis. Description of a clinical case].
abstract: The starch peritonitis is a rare disease which is present in the patients recently submitted to a laparotomy. The ethology is an allergic reaction to the surgical glove starch. The symptoms are a continuous temperature, a leucocytosis and a eosinophilia. Macroscopically there is a micronodular dissemination of peritoneum with adhesion and a limited ascitis. Microscopically, there are gigantocellular granulomas with birifrangent inclusions to polarizing light. A diagnosis is difficult before surgery. The laparoscopy and the microscopic examination of ascitis can give a piece of information. The therapy is medical.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, USL 24, Veronese Orientale, Ospedale Civile di S. Bonifacio, Verona.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lazzarin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Interlandi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piasentin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Porretto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbagiovanni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013213:Starch / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D013213:Starch