Post trauma abdominal cocoon

Abdominal cocoon or sclerosing peritonitis refers to a rare cause of intestinal obstruction due to formation of a membrane encasing the bowel. We report a case of abdominal cocoon post blunt trauma abdomen. The patient presented with a history of subacute intestinal obstruction and a mobile abdomen...

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Autores principales: Kaur, Supreet, Doley, Rudra Prasad, Chabbhra, Mohinish, Kapoor, Rajeev, Wig, Jaidev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25590647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.10.081
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Sumario:Abdominal cocoon or sclerosing peritonitis refers to a rare cause of intestinal obstruction due to formation of a membrane encasing the bowel. We report a case of abdominal cocoon post blunt trauma abdomen. The patient presented with a history of subacute intestinal obstruction and a mobile abdomen lump. Abdominal cocoon was diagnosed on computed tomography. He underwent adhesiolysis with excision of membrane.

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