Encapsulating peritonitis: computed tomography and surgical correlation.
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is a rare and frequently severe entity characterized by total or partial involvement of small bowel loops by a membrane of fibrous tissue. The disease presents with nonspecific clinical features of intestinal obstruction, requiring precise imaging diagnosis to guide the treatment. The present report emphasizes the importance of computed tomography in the diagnosis of this condition and its confirmation by surgical correlation.
MDs, Residents, Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Juliana Santos
JS
Kadow
MDs, Residents, Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Carla Jeronimo Peres
CJ
Fingerhut
MDs, Residents, Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Vinicius de Barros
Vde B
Fernandes
MDs, Residents, Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Klaus Rizk Stuhr
KR
Coradazzi
MDs, Residents, Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Lucas Marciel Soares
LM
Silva
MD, Radiologist, Chief of Hospital e Maternidade Celso Pierro - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Thiago José
TJ
Penachim
Computed tomography; Peritoneal fibrosis; Peritonitis; Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis