Abdominal cocoon syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: report of two cases

作者：Yeniay Levent; Karaca Can Avni^*; Caliskan Cemil; Firat Ozgur; Ersin Sinan Muhtar; Akgun Erhan

来源：Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, 2011, 17(6): 557-560.

DOI：10.5505/tjtes.2011.39018

• Abdominal cocoon
• peritoneal encapsulation

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.

• 出版日期2011-11