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Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome: An Extremely Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction

Abdominal cocoon syndrome or encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is a rare condition causing small bowel obstruction. It is called cocoon syndrome because of the existence of an abnormal membrane that contains part or the entire small intestine. We present a case of a 49-year-old male, presenting to...

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Autores principales: Karona, Paraskevi, Blevrakis, Evangelos, Kastanaki, Pagona, Tzouganakis, Aggelos, Kastanakis, Miltiades
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8105234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972908
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14351