title: An emerging and devastating acute abdomen in a patient under peritoneal dialysis: encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.
abstract: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been applied to patients with end-stage renal disease for more than 2 decades. It should raise physicians' concern about the serious complications of prolonged PD therapy, particularly encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), the most potentially life-threatening one. The prevalence and mortality rate of EPS increase as PD duration increases. We report a case of EPS presented with blood-tinged effluents and abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei 111, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsin-Chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ruei-Fang
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chien-Chih
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tzong-Luen
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chee-Fah
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000473:pathology*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012598:Sclerosis