A Case of Fulminant Sclerosing Peritonitis Presented Like Acute Culture-Negative Peritonitis and Successfully Treated with Corticosteroid Therapy.
10.3346/jkms.2013.28.4.620
- Author:
Ji Yun JUNG
1
;
Jong Tae CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. jtcho@dankook.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Peritonitis;
Peritoneal Sclerosis;
Peritoneal Dialysis;
Steroids
- MeSH:
Acute Disease;
Adult;
Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use;
Humans;
Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy;
Male;
Peritoneal Dialysis/adverse effects;
Peritonitis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology;
Prednisolone/therapeutic use;
Sclerosis;
Staphylococcus epidermidis/isolation & purification;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2013;28(4):620-623
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Sclerosing peritonitis is an uncommon complication of peritoneal dialysis. It is characterized by peritoneal fibrosis and sclerosis. The most common clinical presentations of sclerosing peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients are ultrafiltration failure and small bowel obstruction. The prognosis and response to immunosuppressive therapy of sclerosing peritonitis presenting with ultrafiltration failure or small bowel obstruction are poor. Here, we describe the case of a 28-yr-old man with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis showing fulminant sclerosing peritonitis presented like acute culture-negative peritonitis and was successfully treated with corticosteroid therapy. It is not well recognized that sclerosing peritonitis may present in this way. The correct diagnosis and corticosteroid therapy may be life-saving in a fulminant form of sclerosing peritonitis.
