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Abdomen cocoon causing chronic abdominal pain and intestinal obstruction; a case series

Abdomen cocoon is a rare disease in which a thick peritoneal membrane wraps the intestine causing the bowel loops to adhere to each other. It may be either primary(idiopathic) or secondary to other causes like previous abdominal surgery. Most patients present with abdominal pain and intestinal obstr...

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Autores principales: Arif, Sardar Hassan, Mohammed, Ayad Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6806387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31692629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2019.10.003