Acute presentation of cocoon abdomen as septic peritonitis mimicking with strangulated internal herniation: a case report
Abstract Background Abdominal cocoon syndrome is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in which loops of small bowel get entrapped inside a fibro-collagenous membrane. Condition is also known in the literature as sclerosing peritonitis and in the majority of cases, it has no known cause. Although t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Surgical Society
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01179-7 |
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