[Starch granulomatous peritonitis. Description of a clinical case].
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.
Lazzarin
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G
Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, USL 24, Veronese Orientale, Ospedale Civile di S. Bonifacio, Verona.
Interlandi
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G
Piasentin
G
G
Porretto
V
V
Barbagiovanni
R
R
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013213:Starch / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013213:Starch