Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis: A complication to consider.

Abstract

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is a clinical entity, described 150 years ago, as a process initially very infrequent and related to little known causes, being designated as Abdominal cocoon syndrome. Over time, other causes have been added, as clinical reports have increased, being long-term peritoneal dialysis one of the risk factors that currently has allowed to clarify the pathophysiological processes, which entail the changes through which an abdominal cavity that responds to an external process such as an aggression goes through, This process produces a persistent reaction of inflammation, fibrosis and sclerosis based on mesenchymal mesothelial mesenchymal replacement, and where other processes are added such as infections that increase the cascade of inflammatory mediators, making the structural arrangement of the abdominal cavity and its contents in a peculiar way in this pathology.