1. Abdominal cocoon syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: report of two cases.
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Yeniay L, Karaca CA, Calışkan C, Fırat O, Ersin SM, and Akgün E
- Subjects
- Abdomen, Acute pathology, Abdomen, Acute surgery, Adult, Aged, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Intestinal Obstruction pathology, Intestinal Obstruction surgery, Male, Peritonitis pathology, Peritonitis surgery, Syndrome, Abdomen, Acute diagnosis, Intestinal Obstruction diagnosis, Intestine, Small, Peritonitis diagnosis
- Abstract
An abdominal cocoon is an extremely rare condition, and has been reported mainly in young adolescent women as a cause of small bowel obstruction. In these patients, the small bowel is encased in a fibrous sac called an abdominal cocoon. We hereby present two cases who were diagnosed only by laparotomy and their correlation with the literature. They both received early intervention, thus preventing the need for bowel resection. The pathology of both membranes showed inflammation.
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- 2011
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