Abdominal cocoon syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: report of two cases
Articles > Article · 2011
Authors: Levent YENİAY, Can Avni Karaca, Cemil ÇALIŞKAN, Özgür FIRAT, Muhtar Sinan ERSİN, Zekeriya Erhan AKGÜN
ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2011, vol 17, pp 557-560
Summary
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.