27 March 2026
: Case report 
Idiopathic Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
Mistake in diagnosis, Rare disease
Eirini-Chrysovalantou Martzivanou
ABCDEF 1*, Stefanos Atmatzidis ACE 1, Nikolaos Voloudakis AEF 1, Dimitrios Tsompanis CD 1, Eirini Papadopoulou BE 1, Konstantinos Kiroplastis BE 1, Dimitrios Raptis DE 1, Ioannis Koutelidakis DE 1, Grigorios Chatzimavroudis AE 1, Thomas Papaziogas DE 1, Basilios Papaziogas DE 1
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.951103
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e951103
Figure 1 CT scan showing a possible enlarged appendix (1.2 cm diameter) with periappendiceal fat stranding (white arrow). A cluster of accumulated small-bowel loops in the lower abdomen is observed (inside the area marked by the yellow arrows), although initially (preoperatively) not considered pathognomonic.