Small intestine & ampulla
Benign tumors / tumor-like conditions
Sclerosing peritonitis
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Last author update: 1 August 2012
Last staff update: 19 November 2020
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PubMed Search: Sclerosing peritonitis[TIAB] small bowel
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Clinical features | Case reports | Clinical images | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) images | Board review style question #2 | Board review style answer #1Cite this page: Gulwani H. Sclerosing peritonitis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/smallbowelsclerosingperitonitis.html. Accessed April 26th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Inflammatory and fibrosing process affecting visceral peritoneum that can encase small bowel (World J Gastroenterol 2012;18:1999)
- Infiltrates mesentery at attachment site with peritoneum
- Usually spares retroperitoneum
- Associated with dry eyes and itchy scaly skin lesions
Clinical features
- Associated with beta blockers; chronic peritoneal dialysis
- Rare causes include abdominal surgery, abdominal tuberculosis, cirrhosis, dermoid cyst rupture, endometriosis, familial Mediterranean fever, fibrogenic foreign material, GI malignancy, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, liver transplantation, luteinized ovarian thecomas, pertioneoventricular shunting, protein S deficiency, recurrent peritonitis, sarcoidosis, subclinical primary viral peritonitis
Case reports
- 76 year old woman with rectal cancer and a suspected enteric duplication cyst in the distal ileum (Case of the Month #482)
- Sclerosing peritonitis associated with luteinized adult granulosa cell tumor (Int J Gynecol Pathol 2012;31:141)
Clinical images
Images hosted on other servers:
Encapsulating thick,
white adherent
membrane encasing
small bowel
Gross images
Contributed by Sajna V. M. Kutty, M.D. (Case of the Month #482)
Right colon limited resection for possible enteric duplication cyst in the distal ileum
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Sajna V. M. Kutty, M.D. (Case of the Month #482)
Board review style question #2
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis most often involves what intraperitoneal organ?
A. Colon
B. Ovary
C. Small bowel
D. Stomach
A. Colon
B. Ovary
C. Small bowel
D. Stomach
Board review style answer #1
