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Sclerosing Peritonitis
D efinition — A rare, potentially fatal process of thickening of the peritoneum/mesentery that has been rarely associated with luteinized thecomas.
Clinical Features
Epidemiology
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Sclerosing peritonitis is an uncommon entity that occurs most commonly in the seventh decade of life.
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There is no gender predilection, and cases have been associated with prior abdominal surgery or trauma; seen historically in association with dialysis and transplantation and in a few small series it has been associated with luteinized thecomas.
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