Letter to Editor July 2013

A Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction: Partial Abdominal Cocoon

Letter to Editor July 2013 1049 Views
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (or abdominal cocoon) is a rare condition that results in an intestinal obstruction due to total or partial encapsulation of the small bowel by a fibrocollagenous membrane that looks like a cocoon. We report a case of a patient who presented with a mild intestinal obstruction and showed typical computed tomography (CT) finding of an abdominal cocoon.

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  • Recieved 01.04.2012
  • Accepted 16.04.2012
  • Published Online 16.04.2012
  • Printed 01.07.2013
  • DOI 10.4328/JCAM.973
  • Author Fuat Ozkan, Mustafa Goksu, Nuri Ozcan
  • Identifier J Clin Anal Med. 2013;4(4):356-356
  • Index Page 356-356
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  • How to Cite Fuat Ozkan, Mustafa Goksu, Nuri Ozcan. A Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction: Partial Abdominal Cocoon. J Clin Anal Med. 2013;4(4):356-356
  • Running Title Partial Abdominal Cocoon
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