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
Table 1 Number of published cases and articles of patients with idiopathic encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis according to the country of origin.
| Countries | Published cases | Published articles |
|---|---|---|
| China | 32 | 7 |
| India | 7 | 7 |
| USA | 4 | 5 |
| Greece | 4 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 2 |
| Morocco | 3 | 3 |
| Iran | 2 | 2 |
| Iraq | 2 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 |
| Korea | 2 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 2 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 |
| Oman | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 | - |
| Spain | 1 | - |