title: Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis in a liver transplant patient: a case report.
abstract: We report a patient with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and refractory ascites who had received a peritoneal-venous shunt (PVS) 1 year before liver transplantation. Urgent surgical intervention following bowel obstruction and failure of immunosuppression therapy. No intestinal obstruction was found during an initial PVS. However, intestinal obstruction developed 2 wk after liver transplantation; and a cocoon abdomen was found upon exploration. This is the first reported case of cocoon abdomen caused by PVS and exacerbated by liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
authors.forename: Chien-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jyh-Cherng
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Teng-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: De-Chuan
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Cheng-Jueng
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chung-Bao
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010536:Peritoneovenous Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012598:Sclerosis