Cocoon Peritonitis Secondary to Perforated Appendicitis

A young man was admitted due to gastrointestinal obstruction and was diagnosed as having cocoon peritonitis secondary to perforated appendicitis. He suffered from small intestine partial obstruction because of multiple adhesion bands whose obstructive symptoms completely resolved after single balloo...

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Main Authors: Pezhman Alavinejad, Elena Lak, Masoumeh Khedri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iranian Association of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2017-07-01
Series:Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mejdd.org/index.php/mejdd/article/view/1820