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Case Reports
. 2013 May-Jun;37(3):586-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.08.010. Epub 2012 Oct 3.

Supposed to be rare cause of intestinal obstruction; abdominal cocoon: report of two cases

Asli Serter  1 , Ercan Kocakoç, Gökhan Çipe
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Case Reports

Supposed to be rare cause of intestinal obstruction; abdominal cocoon: report of two cases

Asli Serter et al. Clin Imaging. 2013 May-Jun.

Abstract

Abdominal cocoon, or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, is supposed to be rare cause of intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by totally or partially encasement of small bowel with a thick, fibrotic, cocoon-like membrane. We think this entity is not rare as previously thought. We reported two case's clinical and imaging findings which diagnosed abdominal cocoon by surgery to increase awareness of this diagnosis.

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