Table 3.

Comparative histopathology of EPS patients and non-EPS PD patients.

	Braun et al., 2012	Braun et al., 2009	Sherif et al., 2008	Garosi et al., 2005	Honda et al., 2003
EPS patients (n)	31	9	12	39	12
Non-EPS PD patients (n)	27	10	30	180	57
Visceral (V) or parietal (P)	–	V	–	V and P	–
Histologic parameters	Significance between EPS and non-EPS PD patients
Fibrosis	S	S	S	–	NS
Degenerated layer thickness	–	–	S	–	–
Fibroblast like cells	S	–	–	–	–
Inflammation	NS	–	–	S	S
Mesothelial denudation	S	–	NS	–	NS
Vasculopathy	NS	S	–	S	NS
Fibrin deposition	S	–	S	–	S
Vessel density	NS	S	–	–	–
Fe deposits	S	–	–	–	–
Decreased cellularity	S	–	–	–	–
Fibroblast enlargement	–	–	–	–	S
Capillary angiogenesis	–	–	–	–	S
Calcification	NS	–	–	S	–

(S) and (NS) denote significance and non-significance, respectively. (–) denotes data not being measured or recorded.