"primary: from diffuse bacterial infection of the peritoneal cavity occurring without loss of integrity of the digestive tract."
"may also be due to chemical peritoneal irritation (e.g. barium peritonitis) or with situations such as biliary or vernix caseosa peritonitis"
Expected headings
"Specific types"
"acute infection of the peritoneal cavity, usually resulting from perforation or anastomotic disruption of the digestive tract (e.g. faecal peritonitis)"
"peritoneal thickening shows a nonuniform thickness with focal segments being thicker than others; the interface between the thickened peritoneum"