Abdominal cocoon: sonographic features.
An abdominal cocoon is a rare condition in which the small bowel is encased in a membrane. The diagnosis is usually established at surgery. Here we describe the sonographic features of this condition.
Vijayaraghavan
S Boopathy
SB
Sonoscan Ultrasonic Scan Centre, Coimbatore, India. sboopathy@eth.net
Palanivelu
Chinnusamy
C
Sendhilkumar
Karuppusamy
K
Parthasarathi
Ramakrishnan
R
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography