Ascites ; etiology ; therapy ; Diuretics ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Hypertension, Portal ; complications ; Peritoneovenous Shunt ; Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic

Sclerosing peritonitis is an unusual fibrosing condition predominantly involving the omentum and simulating carcinoma. The presenting signs and symptoms, imaging examination and cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) status in sclerosing peritonitis sometimes resemble those of ovarian cancer. Thus, the possibility of sclerosing peritonitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma. It may occur idiopathically and secondary to chronic peritoneal dialysis, the use of peritoneovenous shunt, practolol therapy, or in association with ovarian tumors such as ovarian teratoma. We report a case of peritonitis initially suspected as ovarian carcinoma but diagnosed as sclerosing peritonitis associated with teratoma.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Omentum ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Peritoneovenous Shunt ; Peritonitis ; Practolol ; Teratoma

Antiviral Agents ; therapeutic use ; Ascites ; etiology ; therapy ; Hepatitis B virus ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; therapy ; virology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Peritoneovenous Shunt ; methods