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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2011
Case ReportsAbdominal cocoon syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: report of two cases.
- Levent Yeniay, Can Avni Karaca, Cemil Calışkan, Ozgür Fırat, Sinan Muhtar Ersin, and Erhan Akgün.
- Department of General Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2011 Nov 1;17(6):557-60.
AbstractAn 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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