Encapsulating peritonitis and familial Mediterranean fever

Abstract

The patient was evaluated as sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis induced by the laparoscopic clip acting as a foreign body. Due to the fact that the patient had FMF the immune response was probably exaggerated.

A rare cause of massive ascites: Familial Mediterranean fever

“…A response to colchicine may be either complete or partial. After colchicine treatment, ascites completely disappears in some patients and decreases in others (8,20,21). Cakir et al (10) reported a six-year-old child who presented with refractory ascites and was diagnosed with FMF.…”

Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma in a Hemodialysis Patient with Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…The mutations in MEFV gene have been demostrated to cause FMF. This gene was described on chromosome 16. It encodes a 781 aa protein called pyrin.…”

“…15 Encapsulating peritonitis, massive recurrent ascit, intestinal volvulus and necrosis have been reported as the FMF related complications. [16][17][18] FMF is also suggested as a possible risk factor for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. This opinion are supported by the unusual localization of malignant mesothelioma in FMF patients and the presence of subclinical inflammation between attacks.…”

Chronic rejection with sclerosing peritonitis following pediatric intestinal transplantation

“…This is a rare entity of unknown etiology that is characterized by the small intestine being partially or totally covered by a fibrocollageneous tissue. It is known to exist as an occasional complication in patients with chronic peritoneal dialysis (2–4) and has also been described in cases of treatment with beta blockers (5), peritoneovenous shunts (6) and more rarely, abdominal tuberculosis (7), sarcoidosis (8), familial Mediterranean fever (9), and intra‐abdominal tumors. Its existence among transplanted patients is rare and up to now, had only been described in three children with intestinal transplants (10) and in several adults with hepato‐intestinal and isolated hepatic transplants (11, 12).…”