eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2014-12-05 2 12 280 282 10.12691/ajmcr-2-12-6 AJMCR20142126 article Raouf Hajji raouf.hajj@yahoo.fr 1 Imed Ben Ghorbel 2 Amin Makni 3 Mohamed Jouini 3 Montassar Kacem 3 Zoubeir Ben Safta 3 Mohamed Habib Houman 3 Internal Medicine Department, Sidi Bouzid Regional Hospital, Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia Internal Medicine Department, La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia Surgery Department 'A', La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) also is a rare syndrome is usually characterized by a total or partial encasement of the small bowel by a thick ?brotic membrane. It has primary or idiopathic and secondary types. Its clinical features are atypical and nonspeci?c; therefore, preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Herein, we present a case of a man who presented an idiopathic EPS con?rmed by a laparotomy and the histopathology and we detail its management and its outcomes after treatment. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/2/12/6/ajmcr-2-12-6.pdf idiopathic encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis surgery immunosupressive drugs