PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Davies, J D
AU  - Ansell, I D
TI  - Food-starch granulomatous peritonitis.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.36.4.435
DP  - 1983 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 435--438
VI  - 36
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/4/435.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/4/435.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1983 Apr 01; 36
AB  - Two cases of peritoneal granulomatous reactions to food starch are described. They followed bowel perforation and clinically mimicked tuberculous and glove-powder starch peritonitis. Their histological differences from corn-starch peritonitis warrant attention in the absence of previous documentation of starch as a component of peritoneal food granulomas. Food-starch granules tend to be larger than those of glove powder, are often oval, and may be extremely resistant to salivary diastase digestion.