Letter to Editor July 2013
A Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction: Partial Abdominal Cocoon
Letter to Editor July 2013
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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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