TY - JOUR
T1 - Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome
T2 - a Rare Cause for Recurrent Abdominal Pain
AU - Fursevich, Dzmitry
AU - Burt, Jeremy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - Abdominal cocoon syndrome, or sclerosing peritonitis, is a rare condition characterized by encasement of small bowel loops by a thick fibrous scar. It most commonly presents as nonspecific vague chronic abdominal pain and weight loss, and is difficult to recognize clinically until the patient develops symptoms of bowel obstruction. We present a case of abdominal cocoon syndrome in a 65-year-old female and describe its clinical, imaging, and pathologic features.
AB - Abdominal cocoon syndrome, or sclerosing peritonitis, is a rare condition characterized by encasement of small bowel loops by a thick fibrous scar. It most commonly presents as nonspecific vague chronic abdominal pain and weight loss, and is difficult to recognize clinically until the patient develops symptoms of bowel obstruction. We present a case of abdominal cocoon syndrome in a 65-year-old female and describe its clinical, imaging, and pathologic features.
KW - Abdominal cocoon
KW - Sclerosing peritonitis
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U2 - 10.1007/s11605-017-3358-5
DO - 10.1007/s11605-017-3358-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 28116665
AN - SCOPUS:85010739308
SN - 1091-255X
VL - 21
SP - 1194
EP - 1195
JO - Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
JF - Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
IS - 7
ER -