title: [Encapsulating peritonitis disclosing primary melanoma of the small intestine: a case report].
abstract: Encapsulating peritonitis is a chronic peritonitis leading to the constitution of the thick white nacred fibrosis membrane. It is a rare affection. Its physiopathology is poorly elucidated. Diagnosis is usually at operation. We report an unpublished case of a 36-year-old patient, admitted for an abdominal mass. The different investigations demonstrated small bowel tumor with entrapped ileal and jejunal loops within a capsule. Diagnosis was made at the time of operation by discovering an encapsulating peritonitis caused by a primary malignant melanoma of the small bowel, which is an exceptional affection.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale, hôpital militaire de Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bedioui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chahbani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakhtari
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maala
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gordah
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Abdallah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouziani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Alaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*