Case report of a rare cause of intestinal obstruction: Abdominal cocoon syndrome

Erkent, MurathanTopcu, RamazanYıldırım, Murat BakiOzkan, Murat BulutŞahin, FatihKeser Şahin, Havva HandeBostanoğlu, Settar2021-11-012021-11-012020Erkent, M., Topçu, R., Yıldırım, M. B., Özkan, M. B., Şahin, F., Şahin, H. H. K., & Bostanoğlu, S. Case report of a rare cause of intestinal obstruction: Abdominal cocoon syndrome.2667-663Xhttps://doi.org/10.4328/ACAM.20151https://hdl.handle.net/11491/7002Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of ileus characterized by a pouch of a cocoon-like thick fibrous membrane partially or completely covering the small intestine and presents with acute and subacute intestinal obstruction findings. In this paper, we aimed to present a case operated for intestinal obstruction due to abdominal cocoon syndrome in light of the literature.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAbdominal CocoonIntestinal ObstructionPeritoneal FibrosisIleusCase report of a rare cause of intestinal obstruction: Abdominal cocoon syndromeArticle11553253510.4328/ACAM.20151N/AWOS:000572684300035