title: Supposed to be rare cause of intestinal obstruction; abdominal cocoon: report of two cases.
abstract: Abdominal cocoon, or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, is supposed to be rare cause of intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by totally or partially encasement of small bowel with a thick, fibrotic, cocoon-like membrane. We think this entity is not rare as previously thought. We reported two case's clinical and imaging findings which diagnosed abdominal cocoon by surgery to increase awareness of this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey. asli_serter@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Asli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serter
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocakoç
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Çipe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D056627:Peritoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*