Abdominal cocoon syndrome (idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis): An extremely rare cause of small bowel obstruction—Two case reports and a review of literature

Abdominal cocoon syndrome (idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis): An extremely rare cause of small bowel obstruction—Two case reports and a review of literature

IntroductionSclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in which the bowel and internal abdominal organs are wrapped with a fibrocollagenous cocoon-like encapsulating membrane [1,2]. SEP is divided into two entities: abdominal cocoons (AC), also known as idio...

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Main Authors: Humood A. Alsadery, Saleh Busbait, Abdulrahman AlBlowi, Morshed Alsawidan, Hassan Mohammed AlBisher, Shadi Alshammary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
primary
idiopathic
intestinal obstruction
sclerosing encapsulation peritonitis
abdominal cocoon
peritoneal encapsulation syndrome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1003775/full

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