title: Small bowel obstruction by a congenital band. Report of two cases.
abstract: The authors report two cases of acute small bowel obstruction, the first in an adult patient, and the second in a three-month-old baby due to a congenital fibrous band. The second case was retrospectively detected from a pool of at least 50 cases of secondary fibrous band obstructions over the period from 1970 to 2008. Surgery was performed early, and simple resection of this very rare malformative bundle (usually affecting very young people) was required.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale-Clinica Chirurgica II, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ranieri
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sforza
authors.forename: Beniamino
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome