PERITONEAL SARCOIDOSIS - AN UNRECOGNIZED CAUSE OF SCLEROSING PERITONITIS

In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis. The dramatic improvement that occurred on corticosteroid therapy adds credibility to this previously unreported association. © 1992 Plenum Publishing Corporation.