Abdominal Cocoon Secondary to Meconium Peritonitis in a Neonate: A Case Report

Abdominal cocoon is a complete or partial encasement of intestines and rarely viscera by a fibrocollagenous sac which is usually formed by a nonspecific chronic inflammatory reaction. We report a case of abdominal cocoon in a 2-day-old neonate presenting with intestinal obstruction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ahmad, Safwan, Kayastha, Kanchan, Javed, Sana, Wasti, Arsalan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023432
Descripción
Sumario:Abdominal cocoon is a complete or partial encasement of intestines and rarely viscera by a fibrocollagenous sac which is usually formed by a nonspecific chronic inflammatory reaction. We report a case of abdominal cocoon in a 2-day-old neonate presenting with intestinal obstruction.

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