title: Abdominal cocoon syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: report of two cases.
abstract: An abdominal cocoon is an extremely rare condition, and has been reported mainly in young adolescent women as a cause of small bowel obstruction. In these patients, the small bowel is encased in a fibrous sac called an abdominal cocoon. We hereby present two cases who were diagnosed only by laparotomy and their correlation with the literature. They both received early intervention, thus preventing the need for bowel resection. The pathology of both membranes showed inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yeniay
authors.forename: Can Avni
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calışkan
authors.forename: Ozgür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fırat
authors.forename: Sinan Muhtar
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ersin
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akgün
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome