Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis-a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sigaroudinia, Mandana O ^a   Baillie, Colin ^a   Ahmed, Shiban ^a   Mallucci, Connor ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal cocoon; Intestinal obstruction; Peritoneal encapsulation; Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFUROXIME; ICODEXTRIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCLEROSING PERITONITIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; IRRIGATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERITONITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RARE DISEASES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 43249090583     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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