Encapsulating peritonitis: computed tomography and surgical correlation^*

Abstract

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.

Peritonitis; Peritoneal fibrosis; Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis; Computed tomography