Theoretical morphological approach to simple peritoneal sclerosis.

The term peritoneal sclerosis can be applied to a vast range of peritoneal alterations. At one end of the range we have the slight peritoneal sclerosis constantly associated with peritoneal dialysis, which may be defined as simple sclerosis. Its clinical impact is slight. The role of glucose in determining peritoneal sclerosis is supported by morphological studies and therefore backed by much biochemical and immunological data.